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Disability, work, and welfare: challenging the social exclusion of disabled people
- Authors:
- BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 19(3), September 2005, pp.527-545.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article engages with debates relating to social policy and disabled people’s exclusion from the British labour market. Drawing on recent developments from within the disabled people’s movement, in particular, the concept of independent living and the social model of disability, and the associated disability studies literature, a critical evaluation of orthodox sociological theories of work, unemployment, and under-employment in relation to disabled people’s exclusion from the workplace is provided. It is argued that analyses of work and disability have failed to address in sufficient depth or breadth the various social and environmental barriers that confront disabled people. It is suggested that a reconfiguration of the meaning of work for disabled people - drawing on and commensurate with disabled people’s perspectives as expressed by the philosophy of independent living - and a social model analysis of their oppression is needed and long overdue.
Exclusion still the norm for young disabled people
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.09.20, 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Tackling social exclusion is the cornerstone of New Labour's policy on care. But a ground-breaking report from disability charity Scope reveals that disabled young people with high support needs are still being excluded from society.
Social exclusion and young disabled people with high levels of support needs
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 21(2), May 2001, pp.161-183.
- Publisher:
- Sage
There are significant differences between the concept of social exclusion adopted by the mainstream policy agenda and what social exclusion means to young disabled people, particularly those with high levels of support needs. Currently, the experiences and concerns of this group are not being heard in the arenas where policies are developed. The silence about their experiences masks an assumption that, to have high levels of support needs, means dependency and exclusion are inevitable. It is unlikely, therefore, that current initiatives to tackle social exclusion will address the experiences of these young disabled people as they grow into adulthood. In contrast, a human rights agenda offers greater opportunities to challenge the way young disabled people with high levels of support needs are "shut out" from society.
Disability, dependency and the New Deal for disabled people
- Author:
- ROULSTONE Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(3), May 2000, pp.427-443.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The emergence of the 'New Deal' and its attendant claim to be part of a new political and social future based on the 'third way' seems to offer formerly excluded people new horizons for social inclusion. This article provides a critical exploration of the likely impact of the 'New Deal' for disabled people. The article contextualises the 'New Deal' in the wider ideology and rhetoric of 'Welfare at Work'. In doing so, it highlights similarities between 'New Deal', 'Welfare at Work' and the victim blaming ideas which characterised discussions of a growing 'social underclass' in the 1980's. In this way, its ideological underpinnings may simply reaffirm disabled people's economic and social dependency.
Social care for the disabled in the Republic of Croatia
- Author:
- ZOVKO Gojko
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 7(3-4), 2000, pp.273-287.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
Looks at the position of disabled people in Croatia and strategies to prevent social exclusion.
Disabled people and social policy: from exclusion to inclusion
- Authors:
- OLIVER Michael, BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 187p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Provides an introduction to key issues in disability and social policy which have emerged in the light of changing approaches towards disability over the last fifteen years. The concepts of exclusion and inclusion provide the central focus around which the book is organised. Examines the contradictions and dilemmas of state provided welfare; explores the definitions surrounding disability, the historical background to analysis and the development and implications of social policy for disabled people; analyses the social model of disability and the perceptions and attitudes surrounding the meaning of disability within contemporary society; explores the disabled people's movement and the focus on independent living; outlines policy options for empowering disabled people; and includes policy statements written by disabled people and their organisations, various international charters and documents emphasising the rights of disabled people and selected extracts from legislation and policy statements.
Forcing the issue
- Author:
- BENNETT Fran
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.7.97, 1997, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how meaningful the government's welfare reform strategy is for those who are socially excluded, through old age, sickness, disability or their responsibilities as carers. The author considers the alternatives.
Disabled people, employment and social justice
- Author:
- THORTON Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 4(1), January 2005, pp.65-73.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Since it came to power in 1997 the Labour Government has conceived of low levels labour market participation by disabled people as not just an economic concern but also an indicator of social exclusion or social injustice. This article presents some evidence about inequalities between disabled and non-disabled people in the labour market; reviews the evidence on discrimination in employment and discusses the potential of anti-discrimination legislation as a tool to reduce social injustice; discusses sources of social justice in the benefits system; and considers whether people in receipt of Incapacity Benefits should be expected to seek work. It concludes that rights and responsibilities are unjustly distributed between government and disabled people.
Disability and disadvantage: selection, onset, and duration effects
- Authors:
- JENKINS Stephen P., RIGG John A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 33(3), July 2004, pp.479-501.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
This article analyses the economic disadvantage experienced by disabled persons of working age using data from the British Household Panel Survey. We argue that there are three sources of disadvantage among disabled persons: pre-existing disadvantage among those who become disabled (a ‘selection’ effect), the effect of disability onset itself, and the effects associated with remaining disabled post-onset. We show that employment rates fall with disability onset, and continue to fall the longer a disability spell lasts, whereas average income falls sharply with onset but then recovers subsequently (though not to pre-onset levels).
Disabled people, New Labour, benefits and work
- Author:
- DRAKE Robert F.
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 20(4), November 2000, pp.421-439.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In its dealings with disabled people, New Labour has shifted the policy emphasis from benefits to work. A tightening of access to social security has been matched by the introduction of new employment-orientated programmes. However, close scrutiny of these initiatives suggests that while the government has acknowledged the impacts of environmental and social barriers to work, it continues substantially to rely on traditional, medically informed, views of impairment and incapacity. As a result the policy focus remains, for the most part, at the level of the disabled claimant. This concentration on individuals as opposed to institutional performance forms a stark contrast with the government's approach in other sectors, especially the public sector, where attention has been centred less on the service user than on the regular and detailed measurement of insitutional structures and outputs. This article concludes that to redress the balance a more rigorous audit of private sector employment practices is needed if the government is to further its aim of social inclusion for disabled people and other excluded groups.