9781847427380: Understanding disability policy

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We live at a paradoxical time for many disabled people: some achieve new freedoms while others face cuts in services and attempts to restrict who counts as disabled. Locating disability policy within broader social policy contexts, Alan Roulstone and Simon Prideaux critically explore the roles of social support, poverty, socio-economic status, community safety, spatial change, and other issues in shaping disabled people’s opportunities. They also consider implications for future policy developments, including the impact of changing government and academic understandings of disability.

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Alan Roulstone is professor of applied social sciences at Northumbria University and an honorary professor at Swansea University. Simon Prideaux is a senior lecturer in social policy, sociology, and disability studies at the University of Leeds.



Alan Roulstone is Professor of Applied Social Sciences (Disability Policy) at Northumbria University and Honorary Professor at Swansea University, UK. Alan is a disabled person who has written and researched extensively around disability policy and practice.

Simon Prideaux is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Sociology & Disability Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Simon has written extensively on policy issues and policy change, and has current critical interests in the impact of neoliberalist policies on disabled people.

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9781847427397: Understanding Disability Policy

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ISBN 10:  1847427391 ISBN 13:  9781847427397
Casa editrice: Policy Pr, 2012
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