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Author:   Alan Roulstone ,  Colin Barnes
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781861346278

ISBN 10:   1861346271
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   17 November 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Work, welfare and social inclusion: challenges, concepts and questions: Working futures: critical debates in disability employment policy ~ Alan Roulstone; The missing million: the challenges of employing more disable people ~ Kate Stanley; Part 2: The current policy environment: New deal for disable people: what is new about New Deal? ~ Bruce Stafford; Work preparation: a preparation for a real job or part of the revolving door? ~ Sheila Riddell and Pauline Banks; Legislating for equality: evaluating the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ~ Nigel Meager and jennifer Hurtsfield; Disability frameworks and monitoring disability in local authorities: a challenge for the proposed Draft Disability Bill ~ Ardha Danieli and Carol Woodhams; Job retention: a new policy for disabled people ~ Geof Mercer; Benefits and tax credits: enabling systems or constraints? ~ Anne Corden; Challenging the disability benefit trap across the OECD ~ Mark Pearson and Christopher Prinz; Jobcentre Plus: can specialised personal advisors be justified? ~ Patricia Thornton; Disability and employment: global and national influences in New Zealand, Canada and Australia ~ Neil Lunt; Disabled people and 'employment' in the majority world: policies and realities ~ Peter Coleridge; Part 3: Towards inclusive policy futures: Employment policy and practice: a perspective from the Disabled Peoples' Movement ~ David Gibbs; The relevance of the social model of disability for the work aspirations of people with enduring mental health problems ~ Jennifer Secker and Bob Grove; Enabling futures for people with learning difficulties: exploring the employment realities behind the policy rhetoric? ~ Danny Goodley and Ghashem Nourouzi; Barriers to labour market participation: the experience of Deaf and hard of hearing people ~ Jennifer Harris and Patricia Thornton; Work matters: visual impairment, disabling barriers and employment options ~ Phillipa Simkiss; Disabled people and employment: the potential impact of European policy ~ Hannah Morgan; Missing pieces: the voluntary sectors' potential for inclusive employment ~ Lorraine Gradwell; Professional barriers and facilitators: policy issues for an enabled salariat ~ Bob Sapey and Jeannine Hughes; Disabled people, the State and employment: historical lessons and welfare policy ~ Jonathan Warren; Work is a four letter word: disability, work and welfare ~ Colin Barnes and Alan Roulstone; Conclusions.

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Working futures? is a welcome and much needed contribution to this crucial domain of disability studies. It is an excellent resource, providing an original text that should be drawn on by a wide audience within the social sciences. John Swain, School of Health, Community and Education Studies, University of Northumbria at Newcastle

"""Working futures? is a welcome and much needed contribution to this crucial domain of disability studies. It is an excellent resource, providing an original text that should be drawn on by a wide audience within the social sciences."" John Swain, School of Health, Community and Education Studies, University of Northumbria at Newcastle"

Author Information

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 is Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds. Colin has written extensively on disability and policy issues and is author of the seminal Disabled people in Britain and discrimination. He is a disabled person who has done much to transform social model ideas on disability into a reality.

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