Pt. One The historical and theoretical context -- ch. 1 Social policy and social work -- ch. 2 The development of social policy and social work in the nineteenth century -- ch. 3 Ideology, social policy and social work -- ch. 4 Social democracy and the developmet of social policy and social work after 1945 -- ch. 5 Neo-liberalism and the development of social policy and social work after 1979 -- ch. 6 Marxism, social policy and social work -- pt. Two Social policy, social work and service users -- ch. 7 Children, social policy and social work -- ch. 8 Youth, social policy, social work and the `crisis of youth' -- ch. 9 Adults, social policy and social work: The personalisation agenda -- ch. 10 Ageing, social policy and social work.