Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Editorial introduction; O'Goffe's tale; Social policy in the postmodern world; Developments in social security policy; Encouraging home ownership; Privatism and partnership in urban policy; Returner and retainer policies for women; Towards a European welfare state?; The end of the middle way?; Developments in East European social policy; The Pacific challenge; Bringing freedom back in; Name index; Subject index
Summary
New Perspectives on the Welfare State offers an appraisal of comparative social policy and applies it to our current uncertainties concerning European communities and European-North American and East Asian relationships
