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5%OFFAlan Roulstone - Working futures?: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion - 9781861346261 - V9781861346261
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Working futures?: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion

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Description for Working futures?: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion Paperback. Working futures? looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFFG; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Policy Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861346261
SKU
V9781861346261
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Ref
99-50

About Alan Roulstone
Dr Alan Roulstone is Director of Research in Social and Health Sciences and Reader in Disability Studies at the University of Sunderland. He has published widely on disability and employment policy and has significant experience of researching disability in institutional contexts. Alan identifies as a disabled person and has close links with the UK disabled peoples' movement. Professor Colin Barnes ... Read more

Reviews for Working futures?: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion
"This collection of academic research, review and policy papers maps out attitudes of governments and employers towards disabled people, and puts these in both a historical and global context ... Alongside the critiques, there are positive suggestions as to how to redefine disability, impairment and the notion of work itself, alongside ideas for restructuring disabled people's involvement in decision-making and ... Read more

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