Editorial Introduction; C.Jones Finer & P.Smyth PART I: INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW British Social Policy Tradition in Relation to Empire and Commonwealth; C.Jones Finer Social Inclusion in a Changing World and Commonwealth; P.Harris PART II: NATIONAL CASE STUDIES The Paradox of Exclusion/Inclusion: The West Indies - Jamaica; J.Moncrieffe Community Development in Botswana: Is There Social Inclusion?; M.J.Rankopo Social Welfare and Social Development in South Africa: Reshaping the Colonial and Apartheid Legacy for a Global Era; L.Patel & J.Midgley Social Inclusive Social Security in Rural Tamil Nadu, India; B.Harriss-White Social Policy and the Sri Lankan Welfare State: The British Colonial Legacy; L.Jayasuria Balancing State Welfarism and Individual Responsibility; Singapore's CPF Model Ern-Ser Tan After The Malay Dilemma: Colonial Heritage and Ethnic Exclusion in Malaysia; S.Yao The Tyranny of Home Ownership: Housing Policy and Social Exclusion in Colonial and Post-Colonial Hong Kong; J.LeeThe British Social Policy Legacy and the 'Australian Way'; P.Smyth Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand; S.St John Canada, Social Inclusion and the Commonwealth; M.J.Stewart PART III: THE COMMONWEALTH AS A TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTION The Commonwealth and Social Inclusion; W.D.McIntyre Editorial Conclusion; C.Jones Finer & P.Smyth