Front Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of figures and tables v
4. List of contributors vi
5. Introduction 1
6. Key areas of social policy
7. Personal social services: developments in adult social care 15
8. Creating a patient-led NHS: empowering ‘consumers’ or shrinking the state? 33
9. A ‘pivotal moment’? Education policy in England, 2005 49
10. Strategic pragmatism? The state of British housing policy 65
11. Social security policies in 2005 83
12. Health and well-being
13. More than a matter of choice? Consumerism and the modernisation of health care 101
14. Being well and well-being: the value of community and professional concepts in understanding positive health 121
15. Happiness and social policy: barking up the right tree in the wrong neck of the woods 145
16. Using health and subjective wellbeing for quality of life measurement: a review 165
17. Community well-being strategy and the legacies of new institutionalism and New Public Management in third way New Zealand 193
18. Ageing and employment
19. Extending working life: problems and prospects for social and public policy 221
20. Age discrimination in history 249
21. Training and learning in the workplace: can we legislate against age discriminatory practices? 269
22. Ageing and employment: looking back, looking forward 293
23. Index 313