Social Policy Review 16

Nick Ellison is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Durham.

"The new look Social Policy Review combines up-to-date reviews of current policies with penetrating historical and comparative analyses. It will be invaluable for students, teachers and practitioners alike." Alan Deacon, Chair, Social Policy Association

• Part One: Developments in UK social policyHousing policy: coming in from the cold? ~ Brian LundThe NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation? ~ Judith Allsop and Rob BaggottDevelopments in social security ~ Fran BennettThe rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term ~ Sally TomlinsonThe personal social services ~ Bill JordanPart Two: Social policy in the wider context'Scottish solutions to Scottish problems'? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution ~ John StewartThe primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales ~ Paul Chaney and Mark DrakefordAttlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in historical perspective ~ Robert M. PageChristian democracy, social democracy and the continental 'welfare without work' syndrome ~ Kees van Kersbergen and Anton HemerijckActivation through thick and thin: progressive approaches to labour market activation ~ Jonah D. LevyPart Three: Social policy since 1979 - the impact of ThatcherismSocial policy since 1979: a view from the right ~ David MarslandMrs Thatcher's legacy: getting it in perspective ~ Howard GlennersterPrivatisation, privatisation, privatisation: the British welfare state since 1979 ~ Hilary LandSocial policy since 1979: a view from the USA ~ Joseph White