Contracting America : the cycle of representation and the contagion of policy discourse -- Where the welfare queen resides : the subtext of personal responsibility -- In the clinic : the medicalization of welfare -- Deconstructing devolution : racing to the bottom and other ironies of welfare reform -- Redefining the family, redefining the state : the politics of incorporation and the case of same-sex marriage -- A new space for welfare policy research : benefit decline on the Internet -- After social security : searching for a postindustrial ethic.