Welfare and policy : research agendas and issues / edited by Neil Lunt, Douglas Coyle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health care reform: a study in imperfect information / David Mayston -- Should alcohol be taxed for the public good? / David Buck, Christine Godfrey and Gerald Richardson -- The changing response to homelessness / Peter McLaverty, David Rhodes and Hilary Third -- Costs and benefits of treating drug problems / Christine Godfrey and Matthew Sutton -- Means-testing for social assistance: UK policy in an international perspective / Tony Eardley --

The finance of community care / Neil Lunt, Russell Mannion and Peter Smith -- Community care: some reflections on an ideal / John Horton -- Contracting welfare? Market testing and social security / Roy Sainsbury and Steven Kennedy -- Accountability in public services: incorporating the professional domain / Jane Lightfoot -- Social policy in a multi-racial Britain: the case of community care / Kark Atkin -- The prospects for social policy in the European union / John Ditch -- The critical welfare agenda / Neil Small.