The emergence of the 'New Deal'and its attendant claim to be part of a new political and
social future based on the 'third way'seems to offer formerly excluded people new horizons …

This article engages with debates relating to social policy and disabled people's exclusion
from the British labour market. Drawing on recent developments from within the disabled …

This chapter suggests that to overcome the problem of disabled people's ongoing
disadvantage in mainstream employment and, therefore, society, a radical alternative …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

This chapter discusses the project of normalisation and describes three small projects with
disabled people. It considers several readings of a project of beyond normalisation …

There is a wealth of evidence that disabled people experience far higher levels of
unemployment and underemployment than non‐disabled peers. Yet hitherto sociologists …

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 …

Disability scholars have invested much in a stage theory of capitalism, which affords little
scope for disabled workers and job seekers this side of Socialism. Parallel discussions of …

summary Working futures? looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling
policy in the field of disability and employment. By addressing the current strengths and …

Following recent developments in the theoretical and general understanding of disability
and social policy, this article addresses the complex and changing relationship between the …