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oapen-20.500.12657-534492023-02-01T09:32:40Z Disabled People, Work and Welfare Grover, Chris Piggott, Linda Political Science Public Policy Social Services & Welfare bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services 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 work. Essential reading for students, practitioners, activists and anyone interested in relationships between work, welfare and disability. 2022-03-18T05:32:48Z 2022-03-18T05:32:48Z 2015 book 9781447318354 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53449 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Bristol University Press 6412 Policy Press b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781447318354 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Bristol University Press Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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 work. Essential reading for students, practitioners, activists and anyone interested in relationships between work, welfare and disability.
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