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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Meaning of Disability and the Creation of Policy
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Disability Policy, Models and Development
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Policy Outcomes And Disabled People’s Responses
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About this book
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disability policies, contrasting policies grounded in medical definitions of disability with a 'social model' of disability supported by disability rights campaigners in their pursuit of anti-discrimination legislation. British policies are set in comparative context, and the impacts of policy on disabled people according to their class, gender, age and ethnicity are explored.
About the author
ROBERT DRAKE is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Wales, Swansea, and an associate lecturer with the Open University. He has published research on equal opportunity policies (with Ken Blakemore), disability policy, and the role of the voluntary sector in Britain. Currently, he is researching disability policies within the broader context of the European Union.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Disability Policies
Authors: Robert F. Drake
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27311-9
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Robert F. Drake 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-72426-2Due: 08 February 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 256
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Social Policy