About the Editors
See also: About the Book and About the Contributors
Pete Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham. He is the author and editor of a number of books on social policy. His research interests include poverty and social exclusion and the role of the voluntary and community sector in welfare. He was Chair of the Social Policy Association 1995-98.
Margaret May is Principal Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the London Metropolitan Business School where she teaches on a range of management and business courses. Her main research interests are in employment policy, occupational welfare and employee relations, welfare management, and comparative policy. She was Chair of the Social Policy Association from 1999-2001.
Karen Rowlingson is Professor of Social Policy and Director of Research at the Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham. Her research interests include social security and taxation policy, personal finances, poverty and inequality, wealth and asset-based welfare, and family change. Her teaching interests cover all these fields as well as qualitative and quantitative research methods.
