Understanding Disability Policies

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.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Structure of the BookPART ONE: THE MEANING OF DISABILITY Theoretical Understandings of DisabilityPART TWO: DISABILITY POLICY, MODELS AND DEVELOPMENT Models of Disability PolicyThe Development of Disability Policies in BritainContemporary Disability Policies in BritainContemporary British Policy in the International ContextPART THREE: POLICY OUTCOMES AND DISABLED PEOPLE'S RESPONSES Social Class and DisabilityGender and DisabilityMinority Ethnic Communities and DisabilityAge and Disability PoliciesDisabled People and the Policy ProcessConclusionsBibliographyIndex.