Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

List of tables and figures

pp vii-vii

List of abbreviations

pp viii-ix

Notes on contributors

pp x-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xviii

one - Disabled people, work and welfare

pp 1-22

Part One - Changing constructions of disability and welfare

pp 23-24

two - Disabled people, conditionality and a civic minimum in Britain: reflections from qualitative research

pp 25-42

three - Doing the ‘hard yakka’: implications of Australia’s workfare policies for disabled people

pp 43-66

Part Two - Social policy, work and disabled people

pp 67-68

four - Why are the policies and organisations seeking to help disabled people access work failing?

pp 69-86

five - Disabled people, welfare reform and the balance of rights and responsibilities

pp 87-104

six - Disabled people and employment in Poland

pp 105-126

seven - Disability and employment in the United States: the intersection of healthcare reform and welfare-to-work policy

pp 127-144

eight - Social dialogue, partnership and the Danish model of activation of disabled people: challenges and possibilities in the face of austerity

pp 145-160

Part Three - Assistance and access to paid work

pp 161-162

nine - Employment experiences and outcomes of young people in Scotland who are deaf or hard of hearing: intersections of deafness and social class

pp 163-180

ten - Supply- and demand-side policies and the employment of learning disabled people in Britain

pp 181-198

eleven - How can integrated services help sick and disabled people remain in employment? Findings from an evaluation of an in-work support service in the North of England

pp 199-216

Part Four - Alternatives to, and validated lives beyond, paid work

pp 217-218

twelve - Thinking differently about ‘work’ and social inclusion for disabled people

pp 219-238

thirteen - A right not to work and disabled people

pp 239-256

fourteen - Disability, work and welfare: the disappearance of the polymorphic productive landscape

pp 257-274

Part Five - Conclusion

pp 275-276

fifteen - Themes in Disabled people, work and welfare

pp 277-284

Index

pp 285-293