Working futures?: Disabled people, policy and social inclusion

Working futures? is a welcome and much needed contribution to this crucial domain of disability studies. It is an excellent resource, providing an original text that should be drawn on by a wide audience within the social sciences. John Swain, School of Health, Community and Education Studies, University of Northumbria at Newcastle

This collection of academic research, review and policy papers maps out attitudes of governments and employers towards disabled people, and puts these in both a historical and global context ... Alongside the critiques, there are positive suggestions as to how to redefine disability, impairment and the notion of work itself, alongside ideas for restructuring disabled people's involvement in decision-making and in society at large. ... This is essential for anyone involved in disability policy-making, human resources, supported employment or day services. Community Care

The book includes an impressive range of authors... who provide a stimulating critique of the trends and issues underlying employment policies... It is delivered in short chapter-length chunks, and so will be a very useful text for researchers, students and policy-makers in the field of Disability Studies. Social Policy, Volume 36/3 - 2007 - Reviewer: Val Williams, Norah Fry Research Centre, Bristol University (Cambridge Journals)

Alan Roulstone, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University and Colin Barnes, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

Introduction
 
Part One: Work, welfare and social inclusion: challenges, concepts and questions: The challenges of a work-first agenda for disabled people - Alan Roulstone and Colin Barnes
 
The missing million: the challenges of employing more disabled people - Kate Stanley
 
Part Two: The current policy environment
 
New Deal for Disabled People: what's new about New Deal? - Bruce Stafford
 
Disabled people, employment and the Work preparation programme - Sheila Riddell and Pauline Banks
 
Legislating for equality: evaluating the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - Nigel Meager and Jennifer Hurtsfield
 
Disability frameworks and monitoring disability in local authorities: a challenge for the proposed Draft Disability Discrimination Bill - Ardha Danieli and Carol Woodhams
 
Job retention: a new policy priority for disabled people - Geof Mercer
 
Benefits and tax credits: enabling systems or constraints? - Anne Corden
 
Challenging the disability benefit trap across the OECD - Mark Pearson and Christopher Prinz
 
Jobcentre Plus: can specialised personal advisors be justified? - Patricia Thornton
 
Disability and employment: global and national policy influences in New Zealand, Canada and Australia - Neil Lunt
 
Disabled people and 'employment' in the majority world: policies and realities - Peter Coleridge
 
Part Three: Towards inclusive policy futures
 
Employment policy and practice: a perspective from the disabled peoples' movement - David Gibbs
 
Changing minds: opening up employment options for people with mental health problems - Jennifer Secker and Bob Grove
 
Enabling futures for people with learning difficulties? Exploring the employment realities behind the policy rhetoric? - Danny Goodley and Ghashem Norouzi
 
Barriers to labour market participation: the experience of Deaf and hard of hearing people - Jennifer Harris and Patricia Thornton
 
Work matters: visual impairment, disabling barriers and employment options - Phillipa Simkiss
 
Disabled people and employment: the potential impact of European policy - Hannah Morgan
 
Missing pieces: the voluntary sector and community sector's potential for inclusive employment - Lorraine Gradwell
 
Professional barriers and facilitators: policy issues for an enabled salariat - Bob Sapey and Jeannine Hughes
 
Disabled people, the state and employment: historical lessons and welfare policy - Jon Warren
 
'Work' is a four-letter word: disability, work and welfare - Colin Barnes and Alan Roulstone
Conclusions