Managing Poverty: The Limits of Social Assistance Book

	List of tables
	Acknowledgements
	Series editor's preface
1	Introduction: managing poverty	1
2	The shifting sands of British social security	17
3	The adequacy of benefits: how much is enough?	41
4	Living in poverty	57
5	Making ends meet	80
6	Meeting need: a safety net for the safety net?	99
7	Another twist of the screw: 1988 and beyond	122
8	Retaining dignity in adversity: being a claimant	145
9	Conclusion: claimants first	170
	Bibliography	189
	Name index	197
	Subject index	199