Catherine Bochel is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Policy Studies, University of Lincoln.Nick Ellison is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham.Martin Powell is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath.

"... an interesting collection of essays that will be very useful for both teaching and research purposes." Journal of Social Policy

• Contents: Introduction: the year in social policy Catherine Bochel, Nick Ellison and Martin Powell; Part One: UK Social policy: Thinking historically about integration David Gladstone; Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime Richard Parry; Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of 'choice' in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour Ian Greener; Part Two: International issues: Globalisation/welfare: what's the preposition? And, or, versus, with? Herman M. Schwartz; Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? Denis Bouget; Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about social determinants of health Mick Carpenter; Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF Pamela A. Holcomb and Karin Martinson; Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future Ian Holliday and Paul Wilding; Part Three: In focus: Pensions and old age: Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe Giuliano Bonoli and Benoît Gay-des-Combes; Pension choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society Jane Falkingham and Katherine Rake; The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement Kirk Mann; Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women Debora Price.

Catherine Bochel is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Policy Studies, University of Lincoln.Nick Ellison is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham.Martin Powell is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath.

"... an interesting collection of essays that will be very useful for both teaching and research purposes." Journal of Social Policy

• Contents: Introduction: the year in social policy Catherine Bochel, Nick Ellison and Martin Powell; Part One: UK Social policy: Thinking historically about integration David Gladstone; Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime Richard Parry; Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of 'choice' in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour Ian Greener; Part Two: International issues: Globalisation/welfare: what's the preposition? And, or, versus, with? Herman M. Schwartz; Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? Denis Bouget; Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about social determinants of health Mick Carpenter; Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF Pamela A. Holcomb and Karin Martinson; Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future Ian Holliday and Paul Wilding; Part Three: In focus: Pensions and old age: Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe Giuliano Bonoli and Benoît Gay-des-Combes; Pension choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society Jane Falkingham and Katherine Rake; The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement Kirk Mann; Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women Debora Price.

Catherine Bochel is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Policy Studies, University of Lincoln.Nick Ellison is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham.Martin Powell is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath.

"... an interesting collection of essays that will be very useful for both teaching and research purposes." Journal of Social Policy

• Contents: Introduction: the year in social policy Catherine Bochel, Nick Ellison and Martin Powell; Part One: UK Social policy: Thinking historically about integration David Gladstone; Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime Richard Parry; Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of 'choice' in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour Ian Greener; Part Two: International issues: Globalisation/welfare: what's the preposition? And, or, versus, with? Herman M. Schwartz; Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean? Denis Bouget; Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about social determinants of health Mick Carpenter; Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF Pamela A. Holcomb and Karin Martinson; Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future Ian Holliday and Paul Wilding; Part Three: In focus: Pensions and old age: Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe Giuliano Bonoli and Benoît Gay-des-Combes; Pension choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society Jane Falkingham and Katherine Rake; The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement Kirk Mann; Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women Debora Price.