Working futures?: Disabled people, policy and social inclusion - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861346263 ISBN 13: 9781861346261

Publisher: Policy Press, 2005

Synopsis

Working futures? looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. By addressing the current strengths and weaknesses of disability and employment policy, the book asks Is the dichotomy of 'work for those who can and support for those who cannot' appropriate to the lives of disabled people? Does current and recent policy reduce or reinforce barriers to paid employment? What lessons from other welfare regimes can we draw on to further disabled people's working futures? The book is original in bringing together a wide range of policy insights to bear on the question of disabled people's working futures. It includes analyses of recent policy initiatives as diverse as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Draft Disability Bill, the benefits system, New Deal for Disabled People, job retention policy, comparative disability policy, the role of the voluntary sector and 'new policies for a new workplace'. Contributions from academics, NGOs, the OECD and the disabled peoples' movement bring multiple theoretical, professional and user perspectives to the debates at the heart of the book.

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About the Author

Alan Roulstone is Professor of Applied Social Sciences (Disability Policy) at Northumbria University and Honorary Professor at Swansea University, UK. Alan is a disabled person who has written and researched extensively around disability policy and practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1861346263
• ISBN 13: 9781861346261
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Roulstone Alan, Barnes Colin