Closer to home: A critique of British government policy towards accommodating learning disabled people in their own homes

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-254

  Stevens, Andy ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing; Inclusion; Modernization; Residential; Supported living

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; MODERNIZATION; POLICY STRATEGY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142807304     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018304041952     Document Type: Article

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