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Disability, work, and welfare

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  • Colin Barnes

    (University of Leeds, UK, c.barnes@leeds.ac.uk)

  • Geof Mercer

    (University of Leeds, UK)

Abstract

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 people’s movement, in particular, the concept of independent living and the social model of disability, and the associated disability studies literature, a critical evaluation of orthodox sociological theories of work, unemployment, and under-employment in relation to disabled people’s exclusion from the workplace is provided. It is argued that hitherto, analyses of work and disability have failed to address in sufficient depth or breadth the various social and environmental barriers that confront disabled people. It is suggested therefore that a reconfiguration of the meaning of work for disabled people - drawing on and commensurate with disabled people’s perspectives as expressed by the philosophy of independent living - and a social model analysis of their oppression is needed and long overdue.

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  • Colin Barnes & Geof Mercer, 2005. "Disability, work, and welfare," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 19(3), pages 527-545, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:19:y:2005:i:3:p:527-545
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055669
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