Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on contributors

pp v-viii

Part One - Symposium on the Coalition government

pp 1-6

one - Conservative social policy: from conviction to coalition

pp 7-24

two - Something old and blue, or red, bold and new? Welfare reform and the Coalition government

pp 25-44

three - The Conservative Party and the ‘Big Society’

pp 45-62

four - The age of responsibility: social policy and citizenship in the early 21st century

pp 63-84

five - Debating the ‘death tax’: the politics of inheritance tax in the UK

pp 85-102

six - The debate about public service occupational pension reform

pp 103-126

seven - Welfare to work after the recession: from the New Deals to the Work Programme

pp 127-146

eight - Lone parents and the Conservatives: anything new?

pp 147-164

nine - A treble blow? Child poverty in 2010 and beyond

pp 165-184

ten - The English NHS as a market: challenges for the Coalition government

pp 185-206

Part Two - Education in international context

pp 207-210

eleven - Citizenship education in international perspective: lessons from the UK and overseas

pp 211-232

twelve - “You’re only going to get it if you really shout for it”: education dispute resolution in the 21st century in England

pp 233-256

thirteen - A sin of omission: New Zealand’s export education industry and foreign policy

pp 257-280

fourteen - Student security in the global education market

pp 281-302

fifteen - Exporting policy: the growth of multinational education policy businesses and new policy ‘assemblages’

pp 303-322

Index

pp 323-336