Community Care in Perspective: Care, Control and Citizenship

This cohesive collection fills a major gap in medical and social history by offering a detailed account of community provision for so-called 'vulnerable adults' in the UK from 1948-2005. It examines key issues such as charity versus rights, the role of the market in care provision and the changing construction of social categories.

DOROTHY ATKINSON Professor of Learning Disability in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK ROHHSS CHAPMAN Practitioner in the area of inclusive research and partnership with people with learning difficulties in Cumbria, UK KELLEY JOHNSON SUE LEDGER Doctoral Candidate at The Open University, UK DUNCAN MITCHELL Professor of Health and Disability at Manchester Metropolitan University and Head of Clinical Services at Manchester Learning Disability Partnership, UK KATHERINE OWEN Qualitative Researcher in the field of learning disability and Doctoral Candidate at The Open University, UK SHEENA ROLPH Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University, UK TIM STAINTON Associate Professor of Disability Policy Theory, University of British Columbia and former Director of Policy and Programmes for the Ontario Association for Community Living, Canada LIZ TILLEY Doctoral candidate, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK JAN TØSSEBRO JAMES W. TRENT Professor of Sociology and Social Work, Gordon College, USA JAN WALMSLEY Visiting Professor of Learning Disability, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University, UK JOHN WELSHMAN Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK