Disabled people, work and welfare : is employment really the answer? / / edited by Chris Grover and Linda Piggott [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.40484
• Soggetto topico: People with disabilities - Employment; People with disabilities - Social conditions; People with disabilities - Great Britain - Social conditions; People with disabilities - Employment - Great Britain
• Persona (resp. second.): GroverChris <1967->; PiggottLinda
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Mar 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Disabled people, work and welfare -- Changing constructions of disability and welfare -- Disabled people, conditionality and a civic minimum in Britain: reflections from qualitative research -- Doing the 'hard yakka': implications of Australia's workfare policies for disabled people -- Social policy, work and disabled people -- Why are the policies and organisations seeking to help disabled people access work failing? -- Disabled people, welfare reform and the balance of rights and responsibilities -- Disabled people and employment in Poland -- Disability and employment in the United States: the intersection of healthcare reform and welfare-to-work policy -- Social dialogue, partnership and the Danish model of activation of disabled people: challenges and possibilities in the face of austerity -- Assistance and access to paid work -- Employment experiences and outcomes of young people in Scotland who are deaf or hard of hearing: intersections of deafness and social class -- Supply- and demand-side policies and the employment of learning disabled people in Britain -- How can integrated services help sick and disabled people remain in employment? Findings from an evaluation of an in-work support service in the North of England -- Alternatives to, and validated lives beyond, paid work -- Thinking differently about 'work' and social inclusion for disabled people -- A right not to work and disabled people -- Disability, work and welfare: the disappearance of the polymorphic productive landscape -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: themes in Disabled people, work and welfare -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Led by the disability movement's concern with the employment choices faced by disabled people, this controversial book uses sociological and philosophical approaches, as well as international examples, to critically engage with possible alternatives to paid work for disabled people.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disabled People, Work and Welfare
• ISBN: 1-4473-1836-6; 1-4473-1834-X; 1-4473-1835-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996509969303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno