IAN HOLLIDAY is Professor of Policy Studies and Head of the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong. He has taught at the University of Manchester and New York University. His current research focuses on comparative analysis of political institutions and public policy in East Asia. - PAUL WILDING is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Manchester, and has taught at the University of Nottingham, the University of Wales at Cardiff and the City University of Hong Kong. He is well known for his work on ideological issues in social welfare, on professional power and welfare states, and on general issues in social policy in the UK.