Independent futures: Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society
Author:   Colin Barnes ,  Geof Mercer
Publisher:   Policy Press
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9781847421579


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   28 April 2006
Format:   Electronic book text
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Independent futures: Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society


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Author:   Colin Barnes ,  Geof Mercer
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781847421579


ISBN 10:   1847421571
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   28 April 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Examining user-led services; Traditional approaches: disability policy and the welfare state; Disability activism and the struggle for independent living; Researching user-led organisations; User-led organisations: building an alternative approach; Service design and delivery: opportunities and constraints; Service users' views and experiences; Politics and campaigning; Policy change or retrenchment?; Future directions.

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This should be essential reading for decision-makers, politicians and, not least, disabled people with an interest in their own futures. Community Care ... the book remains a powerful summary of the existing state of user-led services and a challenge to all involved to support user-led services in future. Professional Social Work Independent futures provides a timely and critical evaluation of user controlled services, identifying principle forces that inhibit their development and explaining the implications for social policy. It presents essential evidence and analysis for policy makers working within health, social care, education, housing and equality. It will also be a vital text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the social sciences and government and politics. Jane Campbell, Chair, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)


... the book remains a powerful summary of the existing state of user-led services and a challenge to all involved to support user-led services in future. Professional Social Work This should be essential reading for decision-makers, politicians and, not least, disabled people with an interest in their own futures. Community Care Independent futures provides a timely and critical evaluation of user controlled services, identifying principle forces that inhibit their development and explaining the implications for social policy. It presents essential evidence and analysis for policy makers working within health, social care, education, housing and equality. It will also be a vital text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the social sciences and government and politics. Jane Campbell, Chair, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)


Author Information

Colin Barnes is Professor of Disability Studies and Geof Mercer is Reader in Disability Studies, both at the Centre for Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.

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