Social Policy and Transitions to Training and Work for Disabled Young People in the UK

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dc.contributor.authorYates, Scotten
dc.contributor.authorRoulstone, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-10T14:14:07Z
dc.date.available2015-11-10T14:14:07Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAlthough New Labour distanced itself from the neo-liberal ‘underclass’ discourses of its predecessors, its approach to disabled young people maintained 10 key aspects of neo-liberalism, particularly an emphasis on individuals’ human capital, aspirations and self-investments as causes of and solutions to disabled young people’s unemployment. This is also apparent in early Coalition government statements. Since the 1990s, policies have focused on providing individu- ally-tailored advice, developing individuals’ skills, and motivating appropriate 15 self-investment. We examine recent evidence that highlights a number of problems with this focus. Notably, it entails a simplistic and individualised notion of ‘barriers’ to employment that cannot account for the complex impacts of disablement and inequality; moves towards open-market models of training and work support create perverse incentives that divert support away from those 20 most in need; employment success is dependent on unpredictable local opportunity structures; and the focus on paid employment undermines other social contributions made by disabled young people.en
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dc.identifier.citationYates, S. and Roulstone, A. (2013) Social Policy and Transitions to Training and Work for Disabled Young People in the UK. Disability & Society, 28 (4), pp. 456-470en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2012.717874
dc.identifier.issn0968-7599
dc.identifier.issn1360-0508
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/11334
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
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dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Health, Health Policy and Social Careen
dc.subjectDisabilityen
dc.subjectSocial policyen
dc.titleSocial Policy and Transitions to Training and Work for Disabled Young People in the UKen
dc.typeArticleen

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