| Working Futures?: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion Contributor(s): Roulstone, Alan (Editor), Barnes, Colin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1861346263 ISBN-13: 9781861346261 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $53.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Disability benefits remain the largest single form of spending in the British government's social welfare budget. Working Futures looks at the current strengths and weaknesses of disability and employment policy in the UK. It assesses whether the policy reduces or reinforces barriers to paid employment for disabled people. Bringing together a wide range of policy insights to bear on the question of disabled peoples working futures, this book includes analysis 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'. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 362.409 |
| LCCN: 013297266 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roulstone, Alan: - Alan Roulstone is professor of applied social sciences at Northumbria University and an honorary professor at Swansea University. |