making of a welfare class?

Robert Walker is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Nottingham and was formerly Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy,Loughborough University. Marilyn Howard is an independent researcher and a specialist on disability benefits

• Part One: Setting the scene: The conundrum; Taking an overview; Part Two: Benefits for unemployed people: Trends in claimant unemployment; The economy and unemployment; Demography and unemployment; Unemployment institutions; Beliefs, behaviour and unemployment; Understanding trends in unemployment-related benefits; Part Three: Benefits for disabled people: Trends in benefits for disabled people; Beliefs about disability; Institutional factors and disability benefits; Demography and benefits for disabled people; The economy and disability; Understanding the growth in disability benefits; Part Four: Benefits for children and families: Trends in receipt of benefits by children and families; Aspects of the demography of family life; The economy and the family; Beliefs about the family and poverty; Social security provisions for families and children; Reflecting on benefit receipt by families and children; Part Five: Benefits for retirement: Trends in pension receipt; The demography of pensions' growth; Institutional aspects of pension provision; Beliefs, opportunities and retirement behaviour; The economy and pensions provision; Pathways to pensions; Part Six: Towards a welfare class?: Understanding the pattern of caseload growth.

"Written in an accessible style the book assumes little prior knowledge, gives a detailed comprehensive glossary of technical terms and makes good use of graphs." SCOLAG Legal Journal