Bibliografía al final de cada capítulo.

Acknowledgments. About the contributors. Introduccion. 1 The New Zealand model: targeting in an income-tested system / Ross Mackay. 2 Targeting strategies in The Netherlands: demand management and cost constraint / Piet K. Keizer. 3 Targeting social provisions in britain: who benefits from allocation formulae? / Ken Judge. 4 Retrenchment and progressive targeting: the israeli experience Abraham Doron. 5 Targeting social welfare in the United States; personal responsibility, private behavior, and public benefits / Jill Duerr Berrick. 6 Targeting welfare in a "soft" state: Italy's winding road to selectivity / Maurizio Ferrera. 7 From a generous to a stingy welfare state? sweden's approach to targeting / Sven Hort. 8 renegotiating social allocations: choices and issues / Neil Gilbert.