Conservative party and social policy

Hugh Bochel is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Lincoln. He has published widely in public and social policy, including the politics of social policy.

"This timely and eagerly awaited collection from leading commentators is an essential guide to the current government's social policy." Martin Powell, Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Birmingham

• Contents: Introduction ~ Hugh Bochel; Part one: A Conservative social policy?: The development of Conservative social policy ~ Robert Page; Public expenditure and the mixed economy of welfare ~ Nick Ellison; Conservative social policy and public opinion ~ Andrew Defty; Part two: Policy areas: Health ~ Rob Baggott; Education ~ Stephen Ball; Housing ~ Peter Somerville; Social security ~ Karen Rowlingson; Employment and work ~ Alan Deacon; Adult care ~ Jon Glasby; Children and young people ~ Paul Daniel; Crime and criminal justice ~ Mike Hough; Part three: Governance issues: The Conservatives and social policy in the devolved administrations ~ Richard Parry; Mechanisms/governance of social policy ~ Catherine Bochel; Conclusions ~ Hugh Bochel.