PHILIPPE BÉNÉTON is Professor at Rennes University, FranceJACQUES DELCOURT is Professor at the Catholic Unievrsity of Louvain, BelgiumPIERPAOLO DONATI is Professor of Sociology, University of Bologna, ItalyJÜRGEN HARTMANN is at the European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research, Vienna, Austria and the University of Uppsala, SwedenHANS-PETER TSCHUDI is Professor at the University of Basle and former President of Switzerland

• List of Contributors Introduction; R.Girod , P.de Laubier and A.Gladstone Social Research and the Development of Social Policy Objectives; R.Girod Three Forecasts for Our Time; P.de Laubier Social Policy - Crisis or Mutation?; J.Delcourt Swiss Social Policy Since 1950; H-P.Tschudi Trends in the Social Policy Aims of the United States (1960-80); P.Bénéton Social Policy in Sweden (1950-80); J.Hartmann Social Welfare and Social Services in Italy Since 1950; P.Donati Index

PHILIPPE BÉNÉTON is Professor at Rennes University, FranceJACQUES DELCOURT is Professor at the Catholic Unievrsity of Louvain, BelgiumPIERPAOLO DONATI is Professor of Sociology, University of Bologna, ItalyJÜRGEN HARTMANN is at the European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research, Vienna, Austria and the University of Uppsala, SwedenHANS-PETER TSCHUDI is Professor at the University of Basle and former President of Switzerland

• List of Contributors Introduction; R.Girod , P.de Laubier and A.Gladstone Social Research and the Development of Social Policy Objectives; R.Girod Three Forecasts for Our Time; P.de Laubier Social Policy - Crisis or Mutation?; J.Delcourt Swiss Social Policy Since 1950; H-P.Tschudi Trends in the Social Policy Aims of the United States (1960-80); P.Bénéton Social Policy in Sweden (1950-80); J.Hartmann Social Welfare and Social Services in Italy Since 1950; P.Donati Index

PHILIPPE BÉNÉTON is Professor at Rennes University, FranceJACQUES DELCOURT is Professor at the Catholic Unievrsity of Louvain, BelgiumPIERPAOLO DONATI is Professor of Sociology, University of Bologna, ItalyJÜRGEN HARTMANN is at the European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research, Vienna, Austria and the University of Uppsala, SwedenHANS-PETER TSCHUDI is Professor at the University of Basle and former President of Switzerland

• List of Contributors Introduction; R.Girod , P.de Laubier and A.Gladstone Social Research and the Development of Social Policy Objectives; R.Girod Three Forecasts for Our Time; P.de Laubier Social Policy - Crisis or Mutation?; J.Delcourt Swiss Social Policy Since 1950; H-P.Tschudi Trends in the Social Policy Aims of the United States (1960-80); P.Bénéton Social Policy in Sweden (1950-80); J.Hartmann Social Welfare and Social Services in Italy Since 1950; P.Donati Index