Social Policy Review 16: Analysis And Debate In Social Policy, 2004

SOCIAL POLICY REVIEW 16 Analysis and debate in social policy, 2004 Edited by Nick Ellison, Linda Bauld and Martin Powell on behalf of the Social Policy Association Social Policy Review 16 social policy review 16 Analysis and debate in social policy, 2004 Edited by Nick Ellison, Linda Bauld and Martin Powell  First published in Great Britain in July 2004 by The Policy Press University of Bristol Fourth Floor, Beacon House Queen’s Road Bristol BS8 1QU Tel +44 (0)117 331 4054 Fax +44 (0)117 331 4093 e-mail [email protected] www.policypress.org.uk North American office: The Policy Press c/o International Specialized Books Services (ISBS) 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97213-3786, USA Tel +1 503 287 3093 Fax +1 503 280 8832 e-mail [email protected] Transferred to Digital Print 2009 © The Policy Press/Social Policy Association 2009 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 978 1 84742 471 6 hardcover Nick Ellison is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham, Linda Bauld is a Lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Glasgow, and Martin Powell is a Reader in Social Policy in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. The right of Nick Ellison, Linda Bauld and Martin Powell to be identified as editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. All rights reserved: no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of The Policy Press. The statements and opinions contained within this publication are solely those of the editors and contributors and not of The University of Bristol or The Policy Press. The University of Bristol and The Policy Press disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any material published in this publication. The Policy Press works to counter discrimination on grounds of gender, race, disability, age and sexuality. Cover design by Qube Design Associates, Bristol. Front cover: photograph of Selfridges, Birmingham, supplied by kind permission of Future Systems. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Marston Book Services, Oxford. Contents Notes on contributors v Introduction Nick Ellison, Linda Bauld and Martin Powell 1 Part One: Developments in UK social policy one Housing policy: coming in from the cold? Brian Lund 11 13 two The NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation? Judith Allsop and Rob Baggott 29 three Developments in social security Fran Bennett 45 four The rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term Sally Tomlinson 61 five The personal social services Bill Jordan 81 Part Two: Social policy in the wider context six ‘Scottish solutions to Scottish problems’? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution John Stewart 99 101 seven The primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales Paul Chaney and Mark Drakeford 121 eight Attlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in histori