Understanding Disability Policies

Understanding Disability Policies

by RobertF.Drake (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 260
Edition: 1999
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 08 Feb 1999

ISBN 10: 0333724275
ISBN 13: 9780333724279

Author Bio
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.