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National or local?
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Journal article citation:
- National Disability Information Project Newsletter, 11, July 1994, p.1.
Outlines the findings of research which evaluated the services provided by national information providers to local information providers.
Working futures?: disabled people, policy and social inclusion
- Editors:
- ROULSTONE Alan, BARNES Colin, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 346p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. The book brings together a wide range of policy insights to bear on the question of disabled peoples 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.
The social model of disability: Europe and the majority world
- Editors:
- BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof, eds.
- Publisher:
- Disability Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 218p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Over the last three decades disability activists and writers have advocated the social model of disability as a comprehensive critique of orthodox academic and administrative approaches to the understanding and development of social policy for disabled people. This book contains thirteen chapters on the application of social model inspired thinking outside Britain. Contributors include academics, activists and practitioners. They raise several important issues and concerns central to theorising and applying social model insights to 'developed' and majority world countries. Examples include emerging debates within the European Union, including transport, law and citizenship, with case studies of France, Sweden and Disabled Peoples' International. Focus on the majority world covers human rights and development strategies, user led initiatives and community based rehabilitation with case studies of Bangladesh and Egypt.
Disability policy and practice: applying the social model
- Editors:
- BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Disability Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 216p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This book contains thirteen chapters on the application of social model inspired thinking to social policy in Britain. The contributors raise a range of important issues and concerns central to theorising and researching disability policy and practice spanning employment, housing, higher education with examples from England, Scotland, and Wales, social ‘care’, independent living and leisure and social relations. Together they provide ample evidence of the continuing relevance of debates emanating from the social model of disability within disability studies and related disciplines. This book will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, professionals, disabled people and lay audiences with an interest in disability issues and the on going struggle for a more equitable and just society.
What a difference a decade makes: reflections on doing 'emancipatory' disability research
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(1), January 2003, pp.3-17.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article provides a broad-based overview of the development of emancipatory disability research in the UK since its emergence in 1992. Drawing on personal experience in the field, the author responds to several important considerations that need to be addressed before considering adopting this controversial perspective. The paper is divided into two main sections. The first part provides a concise introduction to the thinking that underpins the concept of emancipatory disability research. The second section discusses key elements of this approach including the problem of accountability, the social model of disability, choice of methods and, empowerment, dissemination and outcomes. The paper concludes by suggesting that whilst there has been considerable progress over the last decade the future of emancipatory disability research remains precarious.