Welfare and wellbeing

Pete Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration and Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Birmingham; he has written widely about British social policy, including two leading textbooks. Howard Glennerster is Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science; he is the author of many books on social policy, and a specialist in the financing of the social services. Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of London Institute of Education and Richard Titmuss's daughter and literary executor; she has written and researched widely in the fields of gender, health and social science. Adrian Sinfield is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and past President of the Social Policy Association, and has a particular interest in unemployment and social security.

This book brings together a selection of Richard Titmuss's important writings on a range of key social policy issues, together with commentary from experts in the field. The companion volume is, Private complaints and public health: Richard Titmuss on the National Health Service edited by Ann Oakley and Jonathan Barker (The Policy Press, 2004).

Contents: Introduction; Part I: The family, poverty and population; 'The nation's wealth' from Parents revolt; 'The summation of poverty' from Poverty and population; 'A measurement of human progress' from Birth, poverty and wealth; 'The statistics of parenthood' from Rebuilding family life in the post-war world; 'The position of women' from Essays on the welfare state; Commentary by Ann Oakley; Part II: The 'welfare state'; 'Unfinished business' from Problems of social policy; 'War and social policy' from The philosophy of welfare; 'The social division of welfare' from The philosophy of welfare; 'The welfare state: images and realities' from The social service review; Commentary by Tanja Burchardt; Part III: Redistribution, universality and inequality; 'The role of redistribution in social policy' from The philosophy of welfare; 'Welfare state and welfare society' from Commitment to welfare; 'Social welfare and the art of giving' from The philosophy of welfare; Commentary by John Hills; Part IV: Fiscal and occupational welfare and the myth of economic man; 'The irresponsible society' from The philosophy of welfare; 'The need for a new approach' from Income distribution and social change; Commentary by Adrian Sinfield; Part V: Social policy and social work as subjects; 'The subject of social administration' from Commitment to welfare; 'What is social policy?' from Social policy: An introduction; 'Values and choices' from The nation; Commentary by Pete Alcock; Part VI: International aspects of social policy; 'The international perspective' from Social policy: An introduction; 'Developing social policy in conditions of rapid change: the role of social welfare' from The philosophy of welfare; 'Major goals in today's welfare state' from Seminar on objectives of social services in Israel; Commentary by Howard Glennerster.