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Disabled People, Work and Welfare: Is Employment Really the Answer?
Chris (Ed) Grover
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Description for Disabled People, Work and Welfare: Is Employment Really the Answer?
Paperback. Editor(s): Grover, Chris; Piggott, Linda. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This is the first book to challenge the concept of paid work for disabled people as a means to ‘independence’ and ‘self determination’. Recent attempts in many countries to increase the employment rates of disabled people have actually led to an erosion of financial support for many workless disabled people and their increasing stigmatisation as ‘scroungers’. 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 ... Read more
EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This is the first book to challenge the concept of paid work for disabled people as a means to ‘independence’ and ‘self determination’. Recent attempts in many countries to increase the employment rates of disabled people have actually led to an erosion of financial support for many workless disabled people and their increasing stigmatisation as ‘scroungers’. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447318330
SKU
V9781447318330
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Chris (Ed) Grover
Dr Chris Grover is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at Lancaster University. Interested in the political economy of social security policy, Chris has written extensively on developments in disability benefits in Britain. Linda Piggott is a former Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Lancaster University. Linda has now retired, but she has written widely on several issues related to ... Read more
Reviews for Disabled People, Work and Welfare: Is Employment Really the Answer?
"Grover and Piggott offer a compelling challenge to those who view paid work as the only route out of poverty for disabled people. Their book should be essential reading for scholars of disability studies and social policy, and for policy makers interested in supporting disabled people." Colin Lindsay, University of Strathclyde