Bill Jordan is Reader in Social Studies at Exeter University and Professor in Social Policy at Huddersfield University. He has written extensively in politics and social policy, including most recently A Theory of Poverty and Social Exclusion (1996).

The Dog That Didn¿t Bark
Values, Morals and Emotions
The Shifting Ethical Foundations of Social Work
Reasons, Motives and Evidence
The Theoretical Basis of the Third Way and Social Work
The Third Way in Local Authority Social Services
Modernization and Management
Capacities and Empowerment
The Contradictions of the Third Way over Exclusions and Disabilities
Social Work and Street Credibility
Social Work and Economic Activity
The Public Authority
Social Work and the State
Front-Line Practice

`This lively book critiques New Labour assumptions and implementation of policies related to citizenship, communities and welfare reform and the implications of current developments for social work. Focusing explicitly on the UK, the book nevertheless draws on examples and comparisions from other countries (including notably Australia and the US, but also countries in the EU and Central and Eastern Europe), and some of the concerns and arguments will be appreciated by readers elsewhere' - International Social Work