`I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare' - Social Policyhe anti-capitalist movement is increasingly challenging the global hegemony of neo-liberalism. The arguments against the neo-liberal agenda are clearly articulated in Rethinking Welfare. The authors highlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare. Using Marxist approaches to contemporary social policy they provide a defence of the welfare state. They explore the question of globalization as well as the neo-liberal agenda of the Conservative and New Labour governments in Britain.

Introduction
PART ONE: THE RELEVANCE OF MARX
`Was he right all along?¿
Classical Marxism and Social Policy
`Incentives and Punishments¿
Capitalism and Welfare
PART TWO: MARXISM AND WELFARE
`We are all Classless Nowadays¿
The Class Structure Today
`A Deplorable Concession to the Shade of Karl Marx¿
Class as Agency
`People have Become Objects¿
The Roots of Alienation
`The Complexities of Social Differentiation¿
Explaining Oppression
`The Bedrock of a Decent, Civilised and Stable Society¿
Capitalism and the Family
PART THREE: THE NEO-LIBERAL ASSALT
`Apocalypse Now¿
Globalization, Welfare and the State
`A System Designed not for Yesterday, but for Today¿
New Labour and Welfare
`...Waiting for Something Else¿
Welfare Futures