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Whose voices? Representing the claims of older disabled people under New Labour
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.361-372.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article highlights some significant similarities and differences in the social claims made by groups representing older people and disabled people in policy debates under New Labour. Using recent policy examples, the analysis focuses on the claims being made by older and disabled people and the discourses, representations and strategies used to make them. The article suggests that there are considerable areas of common ground on which political alliances and common voice could be built, but there is also evidence of a tactical or discursive distancing between the two groups. These difficulties are interpreted with reference to the centrality of independence and paid employment within policy debates under New Labour.
Adults only: disability, social policy and the life course
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 29(3), July 2000, pp.421-439.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article examines the relationship between disability, generation and social policy. The moral and legislative framework for the post-war welfare settlement was grounded in a long-standing cultural construction of 'normal' life course progression. Disability and age (along with gender) were the key components in this construction, defining broad categories of welfare dependency and labour force exemption. The article suggests that, as policy-makers pursue their millennial settlement with mothers, children and older people, they also may be forced to reconstruct the relationship between disabled people and the welfare state.
Left out in the cold
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.11.99, 1999, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Writes how reforms affecting young care leavers are bypassing disabled young people who often remain in care for longer.
Disability politics and community care
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Addresses the relationship between the politics of disability and community care policies. Argues that although the ideas behind social policy and practice have started to reflect values such as participation, integration and equality, the current policy and its implementation often undermine those goals. Aims to encourage health and social welfare professionals and policy makers to start working with disabled people themselves. Argues that involving disabled people in the design and production of their own welfare will break down the disabling boundary between service provider and user and will result in the reality of integrated living. Presents practical suggestions for change.
Discourse and resistance in care assessment: integrated living and community care
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(5), October 1998, pp.659-673.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Illustrates how value conflicts between the competing philosophies of community care and integrated living are played out at a micro level. The experiences of service users in Derbyshire show how the process of care assessment can perpetuate traditional discourses of disability based on dependency, individualisation and segregation. By contrast, self-assessment within an integrated living approach opens up new possibilities for resistance through the supported self-empowerment of service users. Moreover, the participation of disabled people in managing their own affairs challenges established cultural values about the role of disabled people in society.
Constructions and creations: idealism, materialism and disability theory
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(1), February 1998, pp.75-94.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article suggests that a proper understanding of disability theory requires more than a distinction between individual and social model approaches. It is also helpful to distinguish between materialist and idealist explanations. These two dimensions are used to generate a four-fold typology which highlights important differences between the main approaches. Social model approaches are examined in more detail and the article concludes that although social constructionist accounts have been useful they do not provide a sufficient level of explanation.
Commonality and difference in the movement: an 'Association of Blind Asians' in Leeds
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(2), 1995, pp.157-169.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Qualitative research with a group of blind Asian people in Leeds indicated that issues of 'difference' were perceived as more important in mobilising disabled people at a local level than the issues of 'commonality' which characterise the international disability movement. Respondents identified more strongly with their experience of specific impairment and specific cultural identity than with their common experience of disablement. It is argued that such issues are common to other social movements and that the disability movement can learn much from the histories of Black people's movements and the women's movement. In building a successful movement at a local, national and international level, disability alliances will need to challenge racist stereotypes about Black disabled people and their families. They will need to support Black-led groups which organise separately while, at the same time, creating more enabling environments for Black people to participate more fully.
Dropping 'E's: the missing link in quality assurance for disabled people
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 44/45, Autumn 1995, pp.7-21.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Community Care reforms have revived interest in service quality. Argues that the definition of service quality is valued-led and that dominant ideologies have contributed to the continued oppression of disabled people. The design of quality assurance systems is considered and it is suggested that organisations controlled by disabled people have a central role to play in providing disablement services. Two conclusions are drawn. First, service quality cannot on its own be a sufficient condition for disabled people's emancipation. Second, 'quality' has been used as a policy substitute for the necessary condition of 'equality'.
Blind prejudice
- Author:
- PRIESTLEY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.94, 1994, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Increasingly disabled people have argued that their organisations should not only be consulted about services but also they should have some control over how services are provided. Blind Asian people feel that their needs are not being served very well by either health and social services or white disability organisations. In response to this the Association of Blind Asians in Leeds has been set up to create a mutual support system and provide services to meet their specific needs. Reports on the work of the association.
How useful are equality indicators? The expressive function of ‘stat imperfecta’ in disability rights advocacy
- Authors:
- PRIESTLEY Mark, GRAMMENOS Stefanos
- Journal article citation:
- Evidence and Policy, 17(2), 2021, pp.209-226.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Background: The measurement of equality is often difficult for groups who are weakly defined or poorly represented in official datasets. Social statistics are an essential component in rights recognition and advocacy because they make protected groups of persons visible and reveal the extent of their inequalities in comparison with population norms. Aims and objectives: This paper examines how disabled persons have been included, or not, in EU statistics used for evidenced-based policy ‐ for example in the European Semester process concerning Member States’ employment and social policies, or in monitoring compliance with international human rights standards under the UN CRPD. Methods: Over a period of a decade we mapped and disaggregated disability data from the main European social surveys, examining the availability and limitations of different sources to answer various policy questions. Findings: The analysis produced indicators revealing stark inequalities between disabled and non-disabled persons but raised challenging questions about data quality, reliability and comparability. This revealed tensions in engaging the trust of policymakers in less familiar, or less reliable, data concerning minority groups. Discussion and conclusions: Despite limitations of precision, imperfect statistics often retain a strong expressive function in human rights promotion. Greater investment is needed from governments and statistical authorities to strengthen disability equality data and indicators concerning marginalised rights holders. (Edited publisher abstract)