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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.
Same difference? Older people's organisations and disability issues
- Authors:
- PRIESTLEY Mark, RABIEE Parvaneh
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(6), October 2002, pp.597-611.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article addresses some important areas of commonality in the political interests of older and disabled people. It reports findings from survey and interview research with local organisations representing older people, and their engagement with disability issues. The authors review similarities in the claims and mobilisation of older and disabled people, and by reviewing the groups that participated in the study. The main part of the article identifies substantive policy issues that were perceived as important to older people. Here, there are considerable areas of overlap with the claims of disabled people's organisations (for example, in relation to information, independent living, accessible housing, transport, social support, and incomes).