Working futures : disabled people, policy and social inclusion / edited by Alan Roulstone and Colin Barnes.

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2005
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"Working futures? looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. By addressing the current strengths and weaknesses of disability and employment policy, the book asks Is the dichotomy of 'work for those who can and support for those who cannot' appropriate to the lives of disabled people? Does current and recent policy reduce or reinforce barriers to paid employment? What lessons from other welfare regimes can we draw on to further disabled people's working futures? The book is original in bringing together a wide range of policy insights to bear on the question of disabled people's 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." -- From Back cover.

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Bristol : Policy Press, 2005.

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xix, 346 pages ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : working futures : disabled people, employment policy and social inclusion -- 1. The challenges of a work-first agenda for disabled people / Alan Roulstone and Colin Barnes -- 2. The missing million : the challenges of employing more disabled people / Kate Stanley -- 3. New deal for disabled people : what's new about new deal? / Bruce Stafford -- 4. Disabled people, employment and the work preparation programme / Sheila Riddell and Pauline Banks -- 5. Legislating for equality : evaluating the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 / Nigel Meager and Jennifer Hurstfield -- 6. Disability frameworks and monitoring disability in local authorities : a challenge for the proposed disability discrimination bill / Ardha Danieli and Carol Woodhams -- 7. Job retention : a new policy priority for disabled people / Geof Mercer -- 8. Benefits and tax credits : enabling systems or constraints? / Anne Corden -- 9. Challenging the disability benefit trap across the OECD / Mark Pearson and Christopher Prinz -- 10. Jobcentre plus : can specialised personal advisers be justified? / Patricia Thornton -- 11. Disability and employment : global and national policy influences in New Zealand, Canada and Australia / Neil Lunt -- 12. Disabled people and 'employment' in the majority world : policies and realities / Peter Coleridge -- 13. Employment policy and practice : a perspective from the disabled people's movement / David Gibbs -- 14. Changing minds : opening up employment options for people with mental health problems / Jenny Secker and Bob Grove -- 15. Enabling futures for people with learning difficulties? : exploring employment realities behind the policy rhetoric / Danny Goodley and Ghashem Norouzi -- 16. Barriers to labour market participation : the experience of deaf and hard of hearing people / Jennifer Harris and Patricia Thornton -- 17. Work matters : visual impairment, disabling barriers and employment options / Philippa Simkiss -- 18. Disabled people and employment : the potential impact of European policy / Hannah Morgan -- 19. Missing pieces : the voluntary sector and community sector's potential for inclusive employment / Lorraine Gradwell -- 20. Professional barriers and facilitators : policy issues for an enabling salariat / Bob Sapey and Jeannine Hughes -- 21. Disabled people, the state and employment : historical lessons and welfare policy / Jon Warren -- 22. 'Work' is a four-letter word : disability, work and welfare / Colin Bames and Alan Roulstone -- 23. Conclusions.

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  • 1861346263