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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451191803321

Autore

Barnes Colin

Titolo

Independent futures : Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, Jan. 2009

©Jan. 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0259-1

1-281-15981-6

9786611159818

1-84742-157-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

362.40941

Soggetti

Political Science - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare

People With Disabilities - Care

Public Welfare

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the British Association of Social Workers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; INDEPENDENT FUTURES - Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on the authors; ONE - Examining user-led services; TWO - Traditional approaches: disability policy and the welfare state; THREE - Disability activism and the struggle for independent living; FOUR - Researching user-led organisations; FIVE - User-led organisations: building an alternative approach; SIX - Service design and delivery: opportunities and constraints; SEVEN - Service users' views and experiences; EIGHT - Politics and campaigning

NINE - Policy change or retrenchment?TEN - Future directions; References; Index; Also available from The Policy Press

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation