Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables

pp v-v

List of contributors

pp vi-viii

Introduction

pp 1-12

Part 1 - Key areas of social policy

pp 13-14

one - Personal social services: developments in adult social care

pp 15-32

two - Creating a patient-led NHS: empowering ‘consumers’or shrinking the state?

pp 33-48

three - A ‘pivotal moment’? Education policy in England, 2005

pp 49-64

four - Strategic pragmatism? The state of British housing policy

pp 65-82

five - Social security policies in 2005

pp 83-98

Part 2 - Health and well-being

pp 99-100

six - More than a matter of choice? Consumerism and the modernisation of health care

pp 101-120

seven - Being well and well-being: the value of community and professional concepts in understanding positive health

pp 121-144

eight - Happiness and social policy: barking up the right tree in the wrong neck of the woods

pp 145-164

nine - Using health and subjective well-being for quality of life measurement: a review

pp 165-192

ten - Community well-being strategy and the legacies of new institutionalism and New Public Management in third way New Zealand

pp 193-218

Part 3 - Ageing and employment

pp 219-220

eleven - Extending working life: problems and prospects for social and public policy

pp 221-248

twelve - Age discrimination in history

pp 249-268

thirteen - Training and learning in the workplace: can we legislate against age discriminatory practices?

pp 269-292

fourteen - Ageing and employment: looking back, looking forward

pp 293-312

Index

pp 313-325

Also available from The Policy Press

pp 326-327