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The advocacy of art
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Chris, YAMASHITA Hiromi
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(1), 2001, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at the political role of disability art in Japan, and finds out if disability art in Japan is different from that in Britain.
Making connections: the relevance of the social model of disability for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- CHAPPELL Anne Louise, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(2), June 2001, pp.45-50.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Explores the social model of disability and its significance for people with learning difficulties. The authors argue that, while the social model has been adopted as an explicit framework for analysis by many people with physical and sensory impairments, its impact on people with learning difficulties, and the non-disabled people who write about them or research with them has been much less marked. Examines why the social model appears to have neglected learning difficulty and why learning difficulty researchers have not utilised the social model as a means for understanding the experiences of people with learning difficulties. Drawing on research with self-advocates, discusses the way that many people with learning difficulties can be seen to engage with ideas inherent to the social model. However, the political nature of many of the everyday actions of people with learning difficulties, which impinges on the social model, is not recognised. Consequently, it has not been theorised.
Disability, politics and the struggle for change
- Editor:
- BARTON Len
- Publisher:
- David Fulton
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 184p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book seeks to explore how disability is understood and the position and experiences of disabled people both within and across different societies. The question of politics is explored in relation to specific struggles, providing insights and ideas for further exploration. The authors examine the social model of disability, criticising exclusionary barriers while progressing the realisation of a more democratic and participatory society based on principles of equality.
Research and 'disability': accounts, biographies and policies
- Authors:
- FAWCETT Barbara, HEARN Jeff
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 19(2), 2001, pp.27-44.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article reviews and re-evaluates a qualitative research project carried out in England in the late 1990s. The project was informed from its inception by the social model of disability, and explores how 'disability' is conceptualised within the accounts of participants defined by others as disabled. It also examines participants' views of community care services. As part of this discussion, notions of collaborative and emancipatory research are appraised. The implications of the findings for policy and practice in the field of social work and social care are discussed.
Inclusive governance and 'minority' groups: the role of the third sector in Wales
- Authors:
- CHANEY Paul, FEVRE Ralph
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 12(2), June 2001, pp.131-156.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Following the establishment of a national legislature in Wales in 1999 the third sector has entered into a pioneering cross-sectoral partnership with the Welsh government. This article presents the results of a research project that has studied the new structures of devolved governance through the expectations and participation of voluntary organisations representing three marginalised or 'minority' groupings: women, disabled people, and those from an ethnic minority background. The findings reveal that despite varying levels of expectation expressed by 'minority' voluntary groups, active engagement of minority groups in policy making has been a feature of the Assembly's first months. Nevertheless, formidable challenges face both sectoral 'partners' in the new system of governance, not least in creating organisational structures that facilitate partnership working in the devolved polity.
On the record
- Author:
- PEARCE Jonathan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.5.01, 2001, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how the last four years have seen the social care landscape change drastically under a plethora of New Labour new initiatives and analyses the success of the government's social policy programme.
Would you buy community care from these men?
- Author:
- LAURENT Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.5.01, 2001, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The first half of the campaign for the next month's General Election has been dominated by the release of party manifestos. Examines the policies of the major UK parties and their implications for the future provision of the community care of the nation.
In an beyond New Labour: towards a new political ethics of care
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Fiona
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 21(4), November 2001, pp.467-493.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Argues for a political ethics of care to balance New Labour's current preoccupation with the ethics of paid work. However, care as a practice invokes different experiences, meanings, contexts and multiple relations of power. The article traces the development of the concept of care taking up, in particular, challenges and differences raised by disability, race and migration. These offer important insights for a new political ethics of care whose key dimensions are spelled out in the final part of the article.