Disability, work, and welfare: Challenging the social exclusion of disabled people

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 527-545

  Barnes, Colin ^a,b   Mercer, Geof ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Independent Living   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Sociology and Social Policy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Disability; Independent living; Social exclusion; Social model; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645506659     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055669     Document Type: Review

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