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Working futures? : Disabled people, policy and social inclusion, PDF eBook

Working futures? : Disabled people, policy and social inclusion PDF

Edited by Alan (University of Leeds) Roulstone, Colin (Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds) Barnes

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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.

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