Reviews

R. Goodman, G. White and Huck-Ju Kwon (eds.), The East Asian Welfare Model: Welfare Orientalism and the State
Kwong-Leung Tang, Social Welfare Development in East Asia
M. Ramesh (with M. G. Asher), Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Social Security, Health and Education Policies
Fen-Ling Chen, Working Women and State Policies in Taiwan: A Study in Political Economy
M. Lavalette and G. Mooney (eds.), Class Struggle and Social Welfare
D. Porter, Health, Civilization and the State     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed:
C atherine B ochel and H ugh M. B ochel , The UK Social Policy Process.
J ohn H udson and S tuart L owe , Understanding the Policy Process: Analysing Welfare Policy and Practice.
R. L ister , Poverty.
E. de G ier , A. de S waan and M. O oijens (eds), Dutch Welfare Reform in an Expanding Europe: The Neighbours' View.
J ohn C larke , Changing Welfare Changing States: New Directions in Social Policy.
F rancis G. C astles , The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities.
J ohn S tewart , Taking Stock: Scottish Social Welfare after Devolution.     

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

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

Books reviewed:
R. B urnett and C olin R oberts (eds), What Works in Probation and Youth Justice: Developing Evidence-based Practice.
M. Tonry, Punishment and Politics: Evidence and Emulation in the Making of English Crime Control Policy.
T. N ewburn and R. S parks , Criminal Justice and Political Cultures: National and International Dimensions of Crime Control.
N. C hristie , A Suitable Amount of Crime.
P. K ennett , A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy.
Bernard Harris, The Origins of the British Welfare State: Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800–1945.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle:
Images of Welfare By PETER GOLDING AND SUE MIDDLETON.
Professional Power and Social Welfare By PAUL WILDING.
The Strategy of Equality: Redistribution and the Social Services By JULIAN LE GRAND.
The Inspector General: Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick and Social Reform 1783–1802 By OLIVER MACDONAGH.
The Home Office 1848–1914: From Clerks to Bureaucrats By JILL PELLEW.
Victorian Values: Secularism and the Size of Families By J. A. BANKS.
Children, School and Society in Nineteenth Century England By ANNE DIGBY AND PETER SEARBY (eds)
English Education, Social Change and War, 1911–20 By GEOFFREY SHERINGTON.
The Administrative "Revolution" in Whitehall By G. K. FRY.
Quangos in Britain: Government and the Networks of Public Policy Making By ANTHONY BARKER (ed.)
Social Welfare Law By DAVID PEARL AND KEVIN GRAY.
The Abuse of Power: Civil Liberties in the United Kingdom By PATRICIA HEWITT.
Disability: Legislation and Practice By DUNCAN GUTHRIE (ed.)
Current Trends in British Gerontology By REX TAYLOR AND ANNE GILMORE.
Retirement Policy: The Next 50 Years By MICHAEL FOGARTY (ed.)
The Inner City in Context By PETER HALL (ed.)
The Uses of Social Research: Social Investigation in Public Policy Making By MARTIN BULMER.
Sociology and Social Research By GEOFF PAYNE et al.
Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare By E. J. MISHAN.
Values in Social Policy: Nine Contradictions By JEAN HARDY.     

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.     

The "international turn" in social policy; understanding social security

Books reviewed:
Mary Dalyand Katharine Rake, Gender and the Welfare State
Kevin Farnsworth, Corporate Power and Social Policy in a Global Economy: British Welfare under the Influence
Steffen Mau, The Moral Economy of Welfare States: Britain and Germany Compared
Jane Millar ed., Understanding Social Security
Howard Glennerster, Understanding the Finance of Welfare: What Welfare Costs and How to Pay for It     

Reviews

Books Reviewed: Janet Batsleer and Beth Humpries (eds.), Welfare, Exclusion and Political Agency Robert Walker with Marilyn Howard, The Making of a Welfare Class? Benefit Receipt in Britain D. Cowan and A. Marsh (eds.), Two Steps Forward: Housing Policy into the New Millennium     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle:
Judging Justice BY PHILIP PETTIT.
Social Need BY GILBERT SMITH.
Illusions of Equality BY DAVID E. COOPER.
Ideas and Intervention: Social Theory for Practice BY JOE BAILEY.
The Ignorance of Social Intervention BY DIGBY C. ANDERSON (ED.)
Creating the Welfare State: The Political Economy of Twentieth Century Reform BY EDWARD BERKOWITZ AND KIM MCQUALD.
Policy Making in Social Security BY MARTHA DERTHICK.
Socialism, Social Welfare and The Soviet Union BY VIC GEORGE AND NICK MANNING.
The Shaping of the Swedish Health Service BY ARNOLD J. HEIDENHEIMER AND NILS ELVANDER (EDS.)
Welfare Politics in Australia: a Study in Policy Analysis BY ADAM GRAYCAR.
Poverty and Social Inequality in Wales BY GARETH REES AND TERESA L. REES.
Social Services in Scotland BY J. ENGLISH AND F.M. MARTIN (EDS.)
Social Work in Conflict By B. GLASTONBURY, D.M. COOPER & P. HAWKINS.
Caring for Separated Children BY R.A. PARKER (ED.)
Some of our Children BY M. CHAZAN et al
Handicapped Children in Residential Care BY ANN SHEARER.
The Family Fund BY JONATHON BRADSHAW.
The State, the Family and Education BY MIRIAM E. DAVID.
The Economics of Town and Country Planning BY K.G. WILLIS.
Stevenage Ltd. BY BOB MULLAN.
Housing and Social Justice BY GILL BURKE.     

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 .     

REVIEW ARTICLES

Book review in this Articles:
Negotiating Family Responsibilities By JANET FINCH & JENNIFER MASON
Ageing and Economic Welfare By PAUL JOHNSON & JANE FALKINGHAM
Time for Retirement: Comparative Studies of Early Exit from the Labour Force By MARTIN KOHLI, MARTIN REIN, ANNE-MARIE GUILLEMARD & HERMAN VAN GUNSTEREN (eds.)
Empowering the Elderly: Direct Consumer Funding of Care Services By WILLIAM LAING
Private Residential Care: the Admission Process and Reactions of the Public Sector By JUDITH PHILLIPS
The Abuse of Elderly People: a Handbook for Professionals By JACKI PRITCHARD
Carers: Research and Practice By JULIA TWIGG (ed.)
The Coming of Age in Europe SALLY GREENGROSS and others
When I'm Sixty-Four By SALLY HERNE
Social Policy in Europe: Latest Evolution and Perspectives for the Future By B. GREVE (ed.)
Poverty and the Adequacy of Social Security in the EC: A Comparative Analysis By H. DELEECK, K. VAN DEN BOSCH & L. DE LATHOUWER     

REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in This Articles How Organisations Measure Success By Neil Carter, Rudolf Klein and Patricia Day
Book Reviewed in This Articles Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions: the Uses of Microsimulation Modelling. Vol. I Review and Recommendations. Vol.II Technical Papers. By Constance F. Citro and Eric A. Hanusherek (eds)
Book Reviewed in This Articles Not for Profit, Not for Sale: the Challenge of Public Sector Management by Michael Starks Newbury
Book Reviewed in This ArticlesOrganizations for Policy Analysis: Helping Government Think By Carol H. Weiss (ed)
Book Reviewed in This Articles Working for Change: the Movement Against Domestic Violence By Heather McGregor and Andrew Hopkins Allen & Unwin, Sydney
Book Reviewed in This Articles The Costs of Informal Care: Looking Inside the Household By Caroline Glendinning HMSO
Book Reviewed in This Articles Negotiating Nothing: Police Decision Making in Disputes By Charles Kemp, Clive Norris and Nigel Fielding Avebury, Aldershot
Book Reviewed in This Articles Children And Other Strangers By Ruth Szold Ginzberg Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick
Book Reviewed in This Articles Gender, Power and Sexuality By Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace (eds)
Book Reviewed in This Articles Social Welfare in Third World Development By Howard Jones
Book Reviewed in This Articles Social Welfare in Latin America By John Dixon and Robert P. Scheurell (eds)
Book Reviewed in This Articles Local Government in Europe By Richard Batley and Gerry Stoker (eds)     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this aticle:
Government Departments: An Organizational Perspective B y D.C. pitt AND B.C. S mith
Managing the Civil Service B y J ohn G arrett
Policy and Practice: The Experience of Government B y W illiam R odgers et al
Inspectorates in British Government B y G erald R hodes
Management Systems in Local Government B y B ob H inings et al
Balancing the Books: Financial Problems of Local Government in Western Europe B y K enneth N ewton
Parliament and Health Policy: the role of MPs 1970–74 B y S tephen I ngle and P hilip T ether
Policy Making in the National Health Service B y C hristopher H am
Government Policy Initiatives 1979/1980: Some Case Studies B y P.M. J ackson (ED)
What Unemployment Means B y A drian S infield
The Workless State B y B rian S howler and A drian S infield
Helping Destitute Men B y J ohn L each and J ohn W ing
The Elderly in Modern Society B y A nthea T inker
Retirement and Retirement Costs B y M ichael P. F ogarty     

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

Book Reviewed in This Articles How Organisations Measure Success By Neil Carter, Rudolf Klein and Patricia Day Book Reviewed in This Articles Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions: the Uses of Microsimulation Modelling. Vol. I Review and Recommendations. Vol.II Technical Papers. By Constance F. Citro and Eric A. Hanusherek (eds) Book Reviewed in This Articles Not for Profit, Not for Sale: the Challenge of Public Sector Management by Michael Starks Newbury Book Reviewed in This ArticlesOrganizations for Policy Analysis: Helping Government Think By Carol H. Weiss (ed) Book Reviewed in This Articles Working for Change: the Movement Against Domestic Violence By Heather McGregor and Andrew Hopkins Allen & Unwin, Sydney Book Reviewed in This Articles The Costs of Informal Care: Looking Inside the Household By Caroline Glendinning HMSO Book Reviewed in This Articles Negotiating Nothing: Police Decision Making in Disputes By Charles Kemp, Clive Norris and Nigel Fielding Avebury, Aldershot Book Reviewed in This Articles Children And Other Strangers By Ruth Szold Ginzberg Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick Book Reviewed in This Articles Gender, Power and Sexuality By Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace (eds) Book Reviewed in This Articles Social Welfare in Third World Development By Howard Jones Book Reviewed in This Articles Social Welfare in Latin America By John Dixon and Robert P. Scheurell (eds) Book Reviewed in This Articles Local Government in Europe By Richard Batley and Gerry Stoker (eds)     

BOOK NOTES

Beckerman, Wilfred, in collaboration with van Ginneken, Wouter, Szal, Richard and Garzuel, Michel. Poverty and the impact of income maintenance programmes in four developed countries. Colberg, Marshall R., The social security retirement test: Right or wrong? International Council on Social Welfare, Human well-being: The challenge of continuity and change. Fullsack, Jo and Pigault, Gérard, Répertoire des sources d'information en action sociale. I. Les périodiques. Gillespie, W. Irwin, In search of Robin Hood: the effect of federal budgetary policies during the 1970s on the distribution of income in Canada. Ingle, John J., and Blair, Patricia (eds.), International dental care delivery systems: Issues in dental health policies. McClements, Leslie D., The economics of social security. Revista de Seguridad Social     

Book notes

International Labour Office, Into the twenty-first century: The development of social security .
Bekemans, Lóonce (ed.), Social security and employment .
Centre d'étude des revenus et des coats, Comparaison des régimes de séurité sociale: Cotisations et prestations
Hatchnel, G.; Mannouri, P., Les prestations maladie par catégorie de famille and Les retraités et leurs resources.
Fogarty, Michael (ed.), Retirement policy: The next fifty years .
Mach, E. P.; Abel-Smith, B. (eds.), Planning the finances of the health sector: A manual for developing countries .
Novitskii, Anatolii Georgievich; Mil, Galina Vasilievna, Zaniatost pensionerov: Socialno-demografitcheskii aspect .
Wade, Barbara; Sawyer, Lucianne; Bell, Judith, Dependency with dignity: Different care provision for the elderly .     

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: Making Ends Meet By SCOTT KERR. Comparative Public Policy. The Politics of Social Choice in Europe and America By A. HEIDENHEIMER, H. HECLO AND C. TEICH ADAMS. In Place of Work: Policy and Provision for the Young Unemployed ROB FIDDY (ed) Government and Urban Poverty By JOAN HIGGINS, NICHOLAS DEAKIN, JOHN EDWARDS AND MALCOLM WICKS. Approaches to Welfare Edited by PHILIP BEAN AND STEWART MACPHERSON. From Policy to Practice By M. REIN. Charities in Britain — Conservatism or Change? By DAVID GERARD. The Creation of the British Personal Social Services 1962–74 By JOAN COOPER. Census 1981 National Report, Great Britain. Components of Welfare: Voluntary Organizations, Social Services and Politics in Two Local Authorities By STEPHEN HATCH AND IAN MOCROFT. Disability Income Part I: Industrial Injuries By JOAN C. BROWN. Planning for Priority Groups By HOWARD GLENNERSTER WITH NANCY KORMAN AND FRANCIS MARSLEN-WILSON. Children and Justice: Decision-Making in Children's Hearings and Juvenile Courts By STEWART ASQUITH.