Welfare: Needs, Rights and Risks

'The contributors have achieved the difficult task of rounding off, summarily and appropriately, a most interesting and informative series. If all the books in this series are just as detailed and neutral they may indeed become the core texts for social policy courses at UK universities.' - Nursing Ethics 1999 Vol 6:4' ... an excellent introductory book that looks at how people get access to social welfare in the UK today ... this book is well worth reading and even worth buying especially by those students interested in social policy developments.' - Community Care January 1999

• Introduction John Clarke and Mary Langan, both at University of Open University 1. The Contested Concept of Need Mary Langan, The Open University 2. Rationing Health Care Mary Langan, The Open University 3. Whose Needs, Whose Resources? Accessing Social Care Marian Barnes, University of Birmingham 4. Children's Needs: Who Decides? Esther Saraga, The Open University 5. 'Give 'em What They Deserve': The Young Offender and Youth Justice Policy John Muncie, The Open University 6. Legitimate Membership of the Welfare Community Lydia Morris, University of Essex 7. Review John Clarke and Mary Langan