VIC GEORGE is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent and has taught at the Universities of Nottingham and Kent. He is an international figure in the field and has given lectures and seminars in USA Canada Australia Hong Kong and many European countries. He has written widely on theoretical and policy issues from national and comparative perspectives and is particularly interested in the areas of poverty ideology and inequality. PAUL WILDING is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Manchester and has taught at the University of Nottingham the University of Wales at Cardiff and the City University of Hon Kong. He is well-known for his work on ideological issues in social welfare on professional power and welfare states on general issues in social policy in the UK and on social policy in East Asia. They are joint of authors of British Society and Social Welfare (Palgrave 1999) and Welfare and Ideology (Prentice Hall 1994). . Language: English