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Contents

List of figures, tables and boxes

Preface

1 Social policy and social progress: how can we explore the world?

Worlds of social policy

The world of social policy

The world of academic social policy study

Social policy and social change

Structure of the book

PART I: Themes and perspectives

2 Inequalities and why they matter

Introduction

Inequality between and within nations

Persistence and change in inequality

Inequality and social policy

Conclusion

3 Varieties of welfare

Introduction

The origins of comparative studies

Esping-Andersen’s regime model

Developments of regime theory

Reshaping the original regime types?

Other regimes

Using regime theory today

Conclusion

4 Policy processes

Introduction

The exploration of power

Theoretical approaches to continuity and change

Agenda setting

From agendas to outcomes

Policy transfer and policy convergence

Conclusion

PART II: Policy domains

5 Income security

Introduction

The dominance of income security within social policy

Social insurance

Non-contributory cash transfers

Means testing

Comparing pension systems

Comparative analysis of income security systems today: an overview

Conclusion

6 Work and employment

Introduction

The meaning of work in its social context

Labour as a commodity

Comparative international data on employment and unemployment

Employment policy as social policy

Work and welfare

The shift to ‘active’ labour market policies

The global labour market

Conclusion

7 Education

Introduction

National expenditure on education

Education and social policy

Education and society

Characterizing and comparing education systems

Education outputs: the PISA data source

Education as a global enterprise

Conclusion

8 Housing

Introduction

Housing and the market

Housing and the state

Policy solutions: helping the market or helping people?

Housing need

The dimensions of adequacy and inadequacy of housing

Conclusion

9 Health

Introduction

Health outcomes

Public policy as a response to health inequalities

Health inequalities and health expenditure

Health policy typologies: the usability of regime theory?

Types but not regimes?

Financing and provision

Conclusion

10 Social care

Introduction

Private issues or public concerns?

The relationship between social care policy and other social policies

Variations in the need for social care

Pre-school childcare

Social care from youth to old age

Care beyond working life

The need for long-term care

Approaches to the provision of public long-term care

Conclusion

11 Environment

Introduction

Growth and GDP: the dominance of a production perspective

Externalities and collective action problems

Comparative approaches to environmental policy

Pollution, disease and death

Climate change

Environmental policy as social policy

Conclusion

12Conclusion: A divided world of social policy?

Introduction

Understanding social policy in a global context

The decline of solidarities in the twenty-first century

The age of austerity and its consequences

Social policy in a post-global world

Concluding discussion

Notes

References