Introduction
1 Before the market
2 The emergence and consolidation of the market
3 Dilemmas in the commissioning of adult social care
4 Dilemmas in the provision of adult social care
5 State or market?
6 Context: funding and administration
7 Looking ahead: an ethical future for adult social care
8 COVID-19: the stress test of adult social care
9 Conclusion: making it change – morals, markets and power