Social Policy Review 13 (No.13)

SOCIAL POLICY REVIEW 13......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Notes on contributors......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
UK developments......Page 9
International developments......Page 13
Conceptual and historical developments......Page 17
Part One: UK developments......Page 22
2. Couples and their money......Page 24
Methods of the study......Page 25
Economic approaches and rational choice theory......Page 26
Social structural approaches and financial exclusion......Page 29
Psychological approaches......Page 32
Cultural theory and the meanings of money......Page 37
Conclusions......Page 41
Introduction......Page 46
Partnerships to reduce health inequalities......Page 47
The ladder of partnership......Page 48
Understanding partnerships......Page 50
Playing the game of partnership......Page 53
Discussion......Page 61
Conclusions......Page 64
Introduction......Page 70
American communitarianism......Page 71
‘Social rights’......Page 73
New Labour’s community values......Page 77
The spirit of communitarianism in New Labour’s Britain......Page 78
Responsibility, contract and reciprocity......Page 82
Discussion: localism, neighbourhood and community values......Page 86
5. Researching consensual‘ sadomasochism’:......Page 96
The Scene of consensual SM and the cultural (non) reproduction of ‘disability’......Page 98
nceptions of embodiment and the cultural reproduction of ‘disability’......Page 102
Contextual, relational reflexivity and consent: the‘ethics’ of consensual SM......Page 104
Conclusions......Page 109
Part Two: International developments......Page 114
The market’s global push to appropriate social security......Page 116
The promises of marketisation......Page 118
The mandated market provision of social security: a global perspective......Page 120
The mandated market provision of social security: a contested policy discourse......Page 123
The mandated market provision of social security: protecting the public interest......Page 125
The socio-political governance issues......Page 127
Conclusion......Page 130
The Copenhagen +5 process......Page 140
The transition in Eastern Europe......Page 141
Poverty......Page 142
Employment......Page 145
Health......Page 147
Social integration......Page 150
Enabling social development......Page 153
Regional variation......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 158
The Taiwanese political system......Page 164
The political system of Hong Kong......Page 166
The political system of mainland China......Page 169
Social policy in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China......Page 172
The future of social policy in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China......Page 179
Introduction......Page 188
Men’s part-time work and welfare regimes......Page 189
The ‘problem’ of the male part-time worker: mountain or molehill?......Page 196
The future of the ‘male model’ of employment......Page 201
Conclusion......Page 203
Part Three: Historical and conceptual developments......Page 212
10. New communication technologies– connected welfare......Page 214
Active citizenship and its impact on information society policies......Page 215
E-government strategy......Page 217
A double-edged sword?......Page 220
Citizen empowerment......Page 222
Negotiating the Web......Page 225
Conclusions......Page 227
Introduction......Page 234
Parfit and the repugnant conclusion......Page 235
Rawls and just savings......Page 238
A transgenerational community?......Page 240
Discount rates......Page 241
Sustainable justice......Page 243
Biopolicy......Page 246
12. New Labour, human nature and welfare reform......Page 254
Models of human nature......Page 256
Social democracy and human nature......Page 258
New Labour and human nature: redefining principles, 1994-97......Page 261
New Labour and human nature: from principles to practice – redefining welfare subjects......Page 264
Conclusion......Page 269
13. Through a lens darkly......Page 274
The 1834 New Poor Law through the lens of sexuality......Page 277
Female sexuality and the discourse of bastardy......Page 278
Family, marriage and population......Page 283
Mapping the family/marriage/population discourse......Page 284
Contemporary resonances?......Page 290
Conclusion......Page 293
Index......Page 298