Working futures? : : Disabled people, policy and social inclusion / / ed. by Alan Roulstone, Colin Barnes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Banks, Pauline,; Barnes, Colin,; Coleridge, Peter,; Corden, Anne,; Danieli, Ardha,; Gibbs, David,; Goodley, Dan,; Gradwell, Lorraine,; Grove, Bob,; Harris, Jennifer,; Hughes, Jeannine,; Hurstfield, Jennifer,; Lunt, Neil,; Meager, Nigel,; Mercer, Geof,; Morgan, Hannah,; Norouzi, Ghashem,; Pearson, Mark,; Prinz, Christopher,; Riddell, Sheila,; Roulstone, Alan,; Sapey, Bob,; Secker, Jenny,; Simkiss, Philippa,; Stafford, Bruce,; Stanley, Kate,; Thornton, Patricia,; Warren, Jon,; Woodhams, Carol,
• HerausgeberIn: Barnes, Colin,; Roulstone, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Working futures: disabled people, employment policy and social inclusion -- Work, welfare and social inclusion: challenges, concepts and questions -- The challenges of a work-first agenda for disabled people -- The missing million: the challenges of employing more disabled people -- The current policy environment -- New Deal for Disabled People: what’s new about New Deal? -- Disabled people, employment and the Work Preparation programme -- Legislating for equality: evaluating the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 -- Disability frameworks and monitoring disability in local authorities: a challenge for the proposed Disability Discrimination Bill -- Job retention: a new policy priority for disabled people -- Benefits and tax credits: enabling systems or constraints? -- Challenging the disability benefit trap across the OECD -- Jobcentre Plus: can specialised personal advisers be justified? -- Disability and employment: global and national policy influences in New Zealand, Canada and Australia -- Disabled people and ‘employment’ in the majority world: policies and realities -- Towards inclusive policy futures -- Employment policy and practice: a perspective from the disabled people’s movement -- Changing minds: opening up employment options for people with mental health problems -- Enabling futures for people with learning difficulties? Exploring employment realities behind the policy rhetoric -- Barriers to labour market participation: the experience of Deaf and hard of hearing people -- Work matters: visual impairment, disabling barriers and employment options -- Disabled people and employment: the potential impact of European policy -- Missing pieces: the voluntary and community sector’s potential for inclusive employment -- Professional barriers and facilitators: policy issues for an enabling salariat -- Disabled people, the state and employment: historical lessons and welfare policy -- ‘Work’ is a four-letter word: disability, work and welfare -- Conclusions -- Index