The State or the Market 2/e

PART ONE: PRIVATE GRIEFS AND PUBLIC SORROWS Social Problems - Tom Hulley and John Clarke Social Construction and Social Causation The Undeserving Poor - John Ditch Unemployed People, Then and Now The Social Construction of Dependency in Old Age - Alan Walker The Future of Social Work - Joan Cooper A Pragmatic View The Future of Social Work - Patrick Minford A View From the New Right Hazardous Lives - Social Work in the 1980s - Ann Davis A View From the Left Child Sexual Abuse - Mary Macleod and Esther Saraga Challenging the Orthodoxy PART TWO: PUBLIC POLICY AND THE FAMILY The Unnatural Family - Felicity Edholm Securing the Family? - Carol Smart Rhetoric and Policy in the Field of Social Security Family Matters and Public Policy - Malcolm Wicks The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign - Yvette Rocheron The Construction of Ethnic Minorities' Health Needs PART THREE: RESTRUCTURING THE WELFARE STATE The Break-Up of Consensus - Nevil Johnson Competitive Politics in a Declining Economy Understanding the Market - Norman Barry Towards the Remoralization of Society - Stephen Davies The Weakening of Social Democracy - Andrew Gamble The New Municipal Socialism - Geoff Green Living on Welfare - Jeremy Seabrook The Welfare State as Part of a Racially Structured and Patriarchal Capitalism - Fiona Williams PART FOUR: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS The Contribution of Social Science - Jennifer Platt

`has some very interesting and useful chapters which we shall all use in teaching' - Journal of Social Policy Some reviews of the first edition: `the essays... provide fresh and interesting insights into the policy debate that has taken place since 1979...' - Political Studies `the title of this edited volume is instantly attractive: `the state or the market' conveys the essence of much of current debates amongst both intellectuals and party activists in British politics. It is likely therefore to attract a considerable audience, perhaps wider than would normally be anticipated for an Open University set book.... John Ditch's account of the development of the deserving/undeserving poor distinction is impressive as is Alan Walker's analysis of the social status of old age.... Sophie Watson's analysis of the gender assumptions informing housing policies is particularly strong....The book finishes with an excellent account of local socialism by Geoff Green, a life history analysis of welfare dependency by Jeremy Seabrook with his characteristic depth and insight, and an overview of the status of social science analysis by Jennifer Platt.... The State or the Market is a well balanced book: essayists from the Right and the Left offer analyses from their different perspectives.' - Sociology `provides a neat review of current debates' - Critical Social Policy