The central question is: if you only target disadvantaged areas, can youfeel confident that universally delivered services will reach allat-risk children? This book provides more information on those worryingheadlines last summer about what little effect Sure Start has had,giving readers the opportunity to make up their own minds about itssuccess.
The editors and contributors have done a good job - the book is writtenclearly and simply with just enough repetition of the main themes toensure the story unfolds consistently. Even unpromising technicalsubjects become fascinating - Pamela Meadows' chapter on evaluatingcomplex interventions is a good example.
A concluding essay by Michael Rutter places the blame for anyshortcomings of the programme and its evaluation on politicians who, heargues, were keen to push forward too rapidly with a programme for whichthere was no evidence of effectiveness.
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