Contents

pp iii-iii

List of tables and figures

pp iv-v

Notes on contributors

pp vi-viii

Introduction: the year in social policy

pp 1-12

Part One - UK social policy

pp 13-14

one - Thinking historically about integration

pp 15-30

two - Invest and reform: spending review 2002 and its control regime

pp 31-48

three - Who choosing what? The evolution of the use of ‘choice’ in the NHS, and its importance for New Labour

pp 49-68

Part Two - International issues

pp 69-70

four - Globalisation/welfare: what’s the preposition? And, or, versus, with?

pp 71-90

five - Convergence in social welfare systems: what does it mean?

pp 91-110

six - Analysing the health transition: what the Greek case tells us about the social determinants of health

pp 111-132

seven - Welfare reform in the United States: the first five years of TANF

pp 133-154

eight - Social policy in the East Asian tiger economies: past, present and future

pp 155-172

Part Three - In focus: Pensions and old age

pp 173-174

nine - Adapting pension systems to labour market changes in western Europe

pp 175-196

ten - Pensions choices for the 21st century: meeting the challenges of an ageing society

pp 197-216

eleven - The schlock and the new: risk, reflexivity and retirement

pp 217-238

twelve - Pension sharing on divorce: the future for women

pp 239-262

Index

pp 263-272

Also available from The Policy Press

pp 273-274