Reviews

Books reviewed:
George Giacinto Giarchi, Caring for Older Europeans: Comparative Studies in 29 Countries
Alan Walker and Tony Maltby, Ageing Europe
Alan Walker and Lorna Warren, Changing Services for Older People: the Neighbourhood Support Unit Innovation
Paul Daniel and John Ivatts, Children and Social Policy
Malcolm Hill and Kay Tisdall, Children and Society     

Review Articles

Book Reviewed in this Article
Positive Discrimination, Social Justice, and Social Policy By J ohn E dwards
Case Management in Community Care By D avid C hallis and B leddyn D avies
Matching Resources to Needs in Community Care By B leddyn D avies and D avid C hallis
Understanding Child Abuse By D avid N. J ones , J ohn P ickett , M argaret R. O ates and P eter B arbor     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle: Social Welfare: Why and How? By NOEL TIMMS (ED.) The Year Book of Social Policy in Britain, 1979 By MURIEL BROWN & SALLY BALDWIN (EDS) The Irish Social Services By JOHN CURRY. Rational Techniques in Policy Analysis By MICHAEL CARLEY. Social Research and Royal Commissions By MARTIN BULMER (ed.) Can Social Work Survive? By COLIN BREWER & JUNE LAIT. The Future of the Prison System By ROY D. KING & ROD MORGAN. Class Inequality and Health Care: the Origins and Impact of The National Health Service By VIVIENNE WALTERS. Principles in Economic Appraisal in Health Care By M.F. DRUMMOND. Choices for Health Care By G.H. MOONEY, E.M. RUSSELL & R.D. WEIR. Health Care Priorities and Management By GWYN BEVAN et al. How many patients? A study of list size in general practice By J.R. BUTLER. Teamwork for Preventive Care By NIGEL BRUCE. Child Support in the European Community By JONATHON BRADSHAW & DAVID PIACHAUD. Education and the Social Condition By HAROLD SILVER. The Reorganisation of Seconary Education By PHILIP H. JAMES. Compensation for Incapacity: a Study of Law and Social Change in New Zealand and Australia By GEOFFREY PALMER.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle: Public Choice By DENNIS C. MUELLER. Caring for Strangers By DAVID WATSON. Planning for Welfare: Social Policy and the Expenditure Process By TIMOTHY A. BOOTH. Law, Justice and Social Policy By ROSALIND BROOKE. The Economics of Health By JOHN G. CULLIS & PETER A. WEST. Health in Danger: The Crisis in the N.H.S. By DAVID WIDGERY. Overseas Doctors in the National Health Service By DAVID J. SMITH. Community Hospitals and Rural Accessibility By R.M. HAYNES & C.G. BENTHAM. Methods of Financing Social Security: Their Economic and Social Effects By E.M. MURPHY et al. Financial Aid Through Social Work By MICHAEL P. JACKSON AND B. MICHAEL VALENCIA. Social Work and Money By MICHAEL HILL AND PETER LAING. Power, Authority and Responsibility in Social Services: Social Work in Area Teams By MALCOLM PAYNE. Allocating The Home Help Services By NEIL HOWELL, DUNCAN BOLDY, BARRY SMITH. Care of the Elderly Mentally Infirm By BARBARA GRAY & BERNARD ISAACS. Who Needs Housing? By JANE DARKE & ROY DARKE. Managing Difficult Tenants By GERRY POPPLESTONE & CHRIS PARIS. The British New Towns: A Programme without a Policy By MERYL ALDRIDCE.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle:
Using the Social Sciences by A. B. CHERNS.
The Execution Process Vol. 1. Implementation in a Bureaucracy Vol. 2. Control in a Bureaucracy by ANDREW DUNSIRE.
The Reorganisation of British Local Government by JOHN DEARLOVE.
Introducing Social Policy by D. C. MARSH (ed.)
Over-Ruled on Welfare by RALPH HARRIS AND ARTHUR SELDON.
The Political Economy of the Welfare State by IAN GOUGH.
Economic Welfare in the Soviet Union by ALASTAIR MCAULEY.
The Welfare State in Sweden by DOROTHY WILSON.
Youth in Contemporary Society by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY (ed.)
Housing Improvement and Social Inequality by PAUL N. BALCHIN.
Not Much Improvement: Urban Renewal Policy in Birmingham by CHRIS PARIS AND BOB BLACKABY.
Jobs and Community Action by G. CRAIG, M. MAYO AND N. SHARMAN (EDS.)
Unmet Needs and the Delivery of Care by PAUL CHAPMAN.
Welfare Law and Policy: Studies in Teaching, Practice and Research by MARTIN PARTINGTON AND JEFFREY JOWELL, (eds.).
Perspective on Legal Aid: a Comparative Survey by F. H. Zemans, (ed.)     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Bob Deacon with (Michelle Hulse and Paul Stubbs) Global Social Policy: International Organizations and the Future of Welfare
James Midgley Social Welfare in Global Context
John Carter Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare
Peter Leonard Postmodern Welfare: Reconstructing an Emancipatory Project
Robert E. Goodin The Theory of Institutional Design
A. Rogers and D. Pilgrim Mental Health Policy in Britain: A Critical Introduction
S. Goodwin Comparative Mental Health Policy: From Institutional to Community Care
D. Tomlinson and J. Carrier Asylum in the Community     

REVIEW ARTICLE

Book review in this Articles:
Social Work and the European Community, the Social Policy and Practice Contents. Edited by Malcolm Hill     

Review Article: Perspectives on Australian Social Policy

Books reviewed in this article:
B. Cheers Welfare Bushed: Social Care in Rural Australia
A.Jamrozik and L. Nocella The Sociology of Social Problems: Theoretical Perspectives and Methods of Intervention
R. Hugman Social Welfare and Social Value
J. S. O'Connor, A. S.Orloff and S. Shaver States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States     

COMMUNITY CARE AND HEALTH

Community Care: A Reader By JOANNA BORNAT, CHARMAINE PEREIRA, DAVID PILGRIM AND FIONA WILLIAMS (EDS.)
Working Together for Better Community Care By RANDALL SMITH, LUCY GASTER, LYN HARRISON, LINDA MARTIN, ROBIN MEANS AND PETER THISTLETHWAITE
Health, Welfare and Practice: Reflecting on Roles and Relationships By JAN WALMSLEY, JILL REYNOLDS, PAM SHAKESPEARE (EDS.)
Health and Wellbeing: A Reader By ALAN BEATTIE, MARJORIE GOTT, LINDA JONES AND MOYRA SIDELL (EDS.)
Health Policy in Britain By CHRISTOPHER HAM
The NHS Transformed By IAN HOLLIDAY     

REVIEWS

Book review in this Articles:
Sin, Organised Charity and the Poor Law in Victorian England By Robert Humphreys
The Voluntary Sector, The State and Social Work in Britain: The Charity Organisation Society/Family Welfare Association since 1869 By Jane Lewis
Community Care for Older People: A Comparative Perspective, By Susan Tester
Changing Services for Older People, By Alan Walker and Lorna Warren
The Irish Social Welfare System: Law and Social Policy BY MEL COUSINS     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle: Understanding Social Policy By MICHAEL HILL. A Comparative Approach to Policy Analysis: Health Care Policy in Four Nations By HOWARD M. LEICHTER Poverty and Inequality in Common Market Countries By VIC GEORGE AND ROGER LAWSON Work Creation: International Experiences By MICHAEL P. JACKSON & VICTOR J.B. HANBY (eds.) Social Goals and Economic Perspectives By G.P. MARSHALL. The Economics of Women and Work By Alice H. Amsden (ed.) Public Spending Decisions: Growth and Restraint in the 1970s By MAURICE WRIGHT (ed.) Labour and Equality: A Fabian Study of Labour in Power 1974–79 By NICK BOSANQUET AND PETER TOWNSEND (eds.) Pricing the Social Services By KEN JUDGE (ed.) Education, Health and Housing: an Empirical Investigation of Resource Accessibility By ANDREW KIRBY. The Good City: A study of urban development and policy in Britain By D. DONNISON WITH P. SOTO. Housing and Residential Structure By KEITH BASSETT AND JOHN SHORT. Secondary Schools and the Welfare Network By DAPHNE JOHNSON et al Higher Education for All? By GORDON RODERICK AND MICHAEL STEPHENS (eds.) The Division in British Medicine By FRANK HONIGSBAUM. The Building Societies By MARTIN BODDY. Teamwork in the Personal Social Services and Health Care: British and American Perspectives By SUSAN LONSDALE, ADRIAN WEBB & T.L. BRIGGS (ed.)     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle:
National Health Insurance and the Medical Profession in Britain, 1913–1939 By NORMAN R. EDER.
Issues in Social Policy By KATHLEEN JONES, JOHN BROWN AND JONATHAN BRADSHAW
Youth Unemployment and State Intervention By TERESA L. REES & PAUL ATKINSON (EDS).
Urban Economic Development: New Roles and Relationships BY KEN YOUNG & CHARLIE MASON (EDS)
Inner City Policy: A Partnership with the Voluntary Sector BY GWYNDAF WILLIAMS
The Prerogative of Asylumdom: Social, Cultural and Administrative Aspects of the Institutional Treatment of the Insane in Nineteenth-Century Britain By D. J. MELLETT
The Crisis of the Old Poor Law in England 1795–1834 By PETER DUNKLEY
The Politics of Town Planning By GORDON CHERRY
The Future of Council Housing By JOHN ENGLISH (ed.)
Social Work 2000: The Future of Social Work in a Changing Society By RONALD G. WALTON
The Sociology of the Professions: Lawyers, Doctors and Others By ROBERT DINGWALL AND PHILIP LEWIS (EDS.)
The Home Office: Perspectives on Policy and Administration
Housing for the Elderly: Planning and Policy Formulation in Western Europe and North America By LEONARD HEUMANN AND DUNCAN BOLDY
Housing Policy and Practice By PETER MALPASS AND ALAN MURIE.
Special Transport Services for Elderly and Disabled People By J. M. BAILEY AND A. D. LAYZELL
Health Care Policy: A Political Economy Approach By THEODORE R. MARMOR AND JON B. CHRISTIANSON.
Contemporary Education Policy By JOHN AHIER AND MICHAEL FLUDE (EDS.)     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed:
P. M alpass , Housing and the Welfare State: The Development of Housing Policy in Britain.
G. B ramley , M. M unro and H. P awson , Key Issues in Housing: Policies and Markets in 21st-Century Britain.
D. C lapham , The Meaning of Housing: A Pathways Approach.
R ob B aggott , Health and Health Care in Britain (3rd edition).
C hristopher H am , Health Policy in Britain (5th edition).
R. B aggott , J. A llsop and K. J ones , Speaking for Patients and Carers: Health Consumer Groups and the Policy Process.
J ohn H ills , Inequality and the State
R ichard B. S plane , George Davidson: Social Policy and Public Policy Exemplar     

REVIEW ARTICLES

Book Reviewed in this article
Thatcherism and Social Policy By C. JONES AND J. STEVENSON (eds.)
Hard to Place: the outcome ofAdoption and Residential Care By JOHN TRISELIOTIS AND JAMES RUSSELL
Adoption and Fostering: Why and How By CAROLE R. SMITH
The Supportive Network. Coping with Old Age By G. CLARE WENGER
Domiciliary Services for the Elderly By LIAM CLARKE
Residential Care for the Elderly: Present Problems and Future Issues By HERBERT LAMING ET AL.
Ideas on Institutions, analysing the literature on long-term care and     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle: The Political Economy of the Welfare State By THOMAS WILSON AND DOROTHY J. WILSON. Corporatism and Welfare By ALAN CAWSON. Whither State Welfare? Policy and Implementation in the Personal Social Services 1979–80. By ADRIAN WEBB AND GERALD WISTOW. Culture of the Social Services By ANDREW KAKABADSE. Public Participation in Local Services By N. BOADEN et al. Don't Mourn for me … Organise: The Social and Political Uses of Voluntary Organisations By DAVID SCOTT. Economics and Social Policy By ALAN GORDON. Europe Against Poverty — The European Poverty Programme 1975–80 By JANE DENNETT et al. Health Policy in Britain By CHRISTOPHER HAM. Policy Making and Planning in the Health Sector By KENNETH LEE AND ANNE MILLS. Industrial Relations and Health Services By A. S. SETHI AND S. J. DIMMOCK (eds.) The Economics of Outpatient Clinic Location: the paediatrics case By J. G. CULLIS, S. HEASELL AND S. WELLER. The Economics of Unemployment in Britain By JOHN GREEDY (ed.) Workless By DENNIS MARSDEN. Discrimination and Disadvantage in Employment: The Experience of Black Workers By P. BRAHAM, E. RHODES AND M. PEARN (eds.) Unqualified and Underemployed: Handicapped Young People and the Labour Market By ALAN WALKER. Family Care of the Handicapped Elderly: Who Pays? By MURIEL NISSEL AND LUCY BONNERJEA. Capitalism and the Construction of Old Age By CHRIS PHILLIPSON. Policy Making for the Mentally Handicapped By GREGORY S. DONGES.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle: States of Welfare: Comparative Analysis in Social Policy By Joan Higgins Social Theory and Social Welfare By Peter Taylor -Gooby and Jennifer Dale . Towards Socialist Welfare Work By S. Bolger et al. The Right to Welfare and Other Essays By T. H. Marshall . Tribunal Representation: The Role of Advice and Advocacy Services By Roger Lawrence . Social Measurement and Social Indicators: Issues of Policy and Theory By Michael Carley . Automatic Poverty By Bill Jordan . Wealth, Income and Inequality (Second edition) By A. B. Atkinson (ed.). Voluntary Social Services By Norman Johnson . Voluntary and Statutory Collaboration: Rhetoric or Reality? By Diana Leat , Gerry Smolka , Judith Unell . Social Services Area Teams By Phyllida Parsloe . Intake Teams By Joanna Buckle . Occupational Survival: The Case of the Local Authority Social Worker By Carole Satyamurti . Social Work and General Medical Practice: Collaboration or Conflict? By June Huntingdon . Going Local: Neighbourhood Social Services By Roger Hadley and Morag Mc Grath (ed.). Community Groups in Action: Case Studies and Analysis By Hugh Butcher et al. The Impact of Ageing: Strategies for care By David Hobman (ed.). Old People's Homes and the Production of Welfare By Bleddyn Davies and Martin Knapp Old Age Homes By Roger Clough .     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: The Child Protection Handbook. Edited by Kate Wilson and Adrian James Psychosocial Disorders in Young People: Time Trends and their Causes. Edited by Michael Rutter and David Smith Attachment Theory for Social Work Practice. David Howe Family Law: Principles, Policy and Practice. Mary Hayes and Catherine Williams Law and Parenthood. Chris Barton and Gillian Douglas Torn in Two: The Experience of Maternal Ambivalence. Rozsika Parker Contemporary Families: A Sociological View. Richard J. Gelles A Life Without Problems? The achievements of a Therapeutic Community. Michael Little with Siobhan Kelly     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Pete Alcock, Social Policy in Britain
Pete Alcock, Angus Erskine and Margaret May, The Student's Companion to Social Policy
John Baldock, Nick Manning and Sarah Vickerstaff, Social Policy
Ken Blakemore, Social Policy: An Introduction
Nick Ellison and Chris Pierson, Developments in British Social Policy 2
Mark Bevir and Rod Rhodes, Interpreting British Governance
Marvin Rintala, Creating the National Health Service: Aneurin Bevan and the Medical Lords
Bob Jessop, The Future of the Capitalist State     

Residential and Foster Care in the European Community: Current Trends in Policy and Practice

Correspondence to Dr Matthew Colton, Department of Social Policy and Applied Social Studies, University College, Swansea SA2 8PP. Summary This article compares residential care, foster care and theiralternatives in the countries of the European Community. Thefollowing common trends in policy and practice are examined:the decline of residential child care; changes in the populationof separated children; the trend towards small-scale provision;the development of an ecological perspective; increasing differentiationof care provision; professionalization; and alternatives toresidential and foster care. The pace of development is uneven across EC countries. Overall,the trends high-lighted are more apparent in the northern countriesthan in the southern states.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
I an H olliday and P aul W ilding (eds.), Welfare Capitalism in East Asia: Social Policy in the Tiger Economies.
M. R amesh (ed.), Social Policy in East and Southeast Asia: Education, Health, Housing and Income Maintenance.
K wong-leung T ang and C hack-kie W ong (eds.), Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation in East Asia.
D ong-myeon S hin (ed.), Social and Economic Policies in Korea: Ideas, Networks and Linkages.
P. D wyer , Understanding Social Citizenship: Themes and Perspectives for Policy and Practice.
G. L ewis (eds.), Citizenship: Personal Lives and Social Policy.
S. B ecker and A. B ryman (eds.), Understanding Research for Social Policy and Practice: Themes, Methods and Approaches.
H artley D ean (ed.), The Ethics of Welfare: Human Rights, Dependency and Responsibility.
I an G ough and G eof W ood , with A rmando B arrientos , P hilippa B evan , P eter D avis and G raham R oom , Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts.