Independent futures : creating user-led disability services in a disabling society / / Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964714803321
• Autore: Barnes Colin <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, UK, : Policy Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-4473-0259-1; 1-281-15981-6; 9786611159818; 1-84742-157-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 223 p) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: BASW/Policy Press titles
• Altri autori (Persone): MercerG (Geoffrey)
• Disciplina: 362.40941
• Soggetti: People with disabilities - Services for - Great Britain - Management; Self-help groups - Great Britain; People with disabilities - Services for - Government policy - Great Britain
• 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: The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased significantly in the UK and internationally over the past forty years. As a result, greater user involvement in service provision and delivery is a key priority for many western Governments. This book provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of these developments in the UK. Drawing on ; evidence from a range of sources, including material from the first national study of user-controlled services, this book provides a critical evaluation of the development and organisation of user-controlled services in the UK and identifies the principal forces - economic, political and cultural - that influence and inhibit their further development. It summarises and discusses the policy implications for the future development of services and includes an up-to-date and comprehensive literature and research review. Independent futures is essential reading for academics and students on a range of courses including: health and social care; social work; allied health professions, such as nursing, occupational therapy and speech therapy; social policy; sociology; and psychology. It will also be of interest to practitioners and policy makers who need a reliable overview of current policy and critical analysis of key issues affecting future policy and practice.