"Cover"--"Half Title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Contributors" -- "Preface" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Introduction and overview" -- "1.1 After welfare reform and an economic boom: why is child poverty still so much higher in the U.S. than in Europe?" -- "1.2 The poverty and social exclusion survey of Britain: implications for the assessment of social security provision for children in Europe" -- "1.4 Child poverty à la carte? The effects of measurement period for income on poverty estimates" -- "2.1 Cash benefits for children in four Anglo-American countries" -- "2.2 Understanding the generosity of government financial support to families with children" -- "2.3 Re-orienting support for children in New Zealand" -- "2.4 Child expenditure and public pensions: policy issues" -- "3.1 Formalising the informal: family obligations in modern Asia" -- "3.2 Child support reforms in the United Kingdom and the United States" -- "3.3 Extending cash social assistance to children and their caregivers: a South African case study" -- "3.4 Is it possible to satisfy people who encounter the system of social services?