Contents

pp iii-iii

List of tables and figures

pp iv-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-vi

Notes on contributors

pp vii-x

one - Introduction

pp 1-10

Part One - The aims of social policy

pp 11-12

two - Principles, Poor Laws and welfare states

pp 13-34

three - Welfare: what for?

pp 35-56

Part Two - Delivering social policy

pp 57-58

four - Families, individuals and the state

pp 59-84

five - Schools, financing and educational standards

pp 85-108

six - Financing higher education: tax, graduate tax or loans?

pp 109-130

seven - Quasi-markets in healthcare

pp 131-146

eight - Social care: choice and control

pp 147-172

nine - Neighbourhood renewal, mixed communities and social integration

pp 173-196

Part Three - Redistribution: between households; over time; between areas

pp 197-198

ten - The restructuring of redistribution

pp 199-220

eleven - Pensions, public opinion and policy

pp 221-244

twelve - Distributing resources

pp 245-264

Appendix: Bibliography of Howard Glennerster’s publications

pp 265-276

Index

pp 277-286