Cultures of welfare at the front line: Implementing direct payments for disabled people in the UK

Policy and Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-324

  Priestley, Mark ^a   Riddell, Sheila ^b   Jolly, Debbie ^a   Pearson, Charlotte ^c   Williams, Victoria ^c   Barnes, Colin ^a   Mercer, Geof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultures of welfare; Direct payments; Disabled people; Independent living

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956251222     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557309X477956     Document Type: Article

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