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.

Subject terms:
law, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, policy, social inclusion, employment;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
United Kingdom
ISBN print:
1 86134 626 3

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