creating user-led disability services in a disabling society /
Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer.
Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2006.
1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) :
illustrations
Published in association with the British Association of Social Workers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index.
Cover; INDEPENDENT FUTURES -- Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on the authors; ONE -- Examining user-led services; TWO -- Traditional approaches: disability policy and the welfare state; THREE -- Disability activism and the struggle for independent living; FOUR -- Researching user-led organisations; FIVE -- User-led organisations: building an alternative approach; SIX -- Service design and delivery: opportunities and constraints; SEVEN -- Service users' views and experiences; EIGHT -- Politics and campaigning
NINE -- Policy change or retrenchment?TEN -- Future directions; References; Index; Also available from The Policy Press
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The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased in UK. As a result, greater user involvement in service provision and delivery is a key priority for many western governments. This book provides a comprehensive review and analysis of these developments in the UK.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
JSTOR
22573/ctt8hghwf
Independent futures.
9781861347190
People with disabilities-- Services for-- Government policy-- Great Britain.
People with disabilities-- Services for-- Great Britain-- Management.