| Description |
390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Public policy and social welfare ; v. 29 |
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Public policy and social welfare ; v. 29
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| Contents |
Preface / Bernd Marin, Christopher Prinz and Monika Queisser -- Disability programmes in need of reform / OECD -- Transforming disability into ability : a commentary based on recent European research / Deborah Mabbett -- Transforming disability into ability - results and conclusions from the OECD study of disability policies for the working-age population in 20 member countries / Berglind Asgeirsdottir -- The U. S. department of labor perspective / W. Roy Grizzard -- The French government's perspective on disability and employment / Jean-Yves Hocquet -- Measuring disability and measuring the impact of living with a disability / Adele D. Furrie -- What do we mean by being disabled? : a WHO perspective / Irene Hoskins -- What do we mean by disabled? : a regional NGO perspective / Vladimir Kosic -- Ability assessment in pre-pension and flex job schemes / Steen Bengtsson -- What do we mean by being disabled? : session report / Joakim Palme -- The OECD perspective on mutual obligations / Peter Scherer -- Disability, the organisation of work, and the need for change / Colin Barnes -- Towards mutual responsibilities : a Dutch blueprint / Philip R. de Jong -- Should we establish a system of "mutual obligations" for persons with disabilities? / Kenneth S. Apfel -- "Escape into disability" : the Polish transformation country experience / Stanislawa Golinowska -- What rights and responsibilities for society and for persons with disabilities? : session report / Chiara Saraceno -- Excursus : new directions in disability (benefit) policy : the Dutch experience / Philip R. de Jong -- Who needs activation, how, and when? : introductory comments / Hedva Sarfati -- Building new pathways to work / Rebecca Endean -- Activation through sheltered work? : not if but how / Erik Samoy -- Not only Samhall : a Swedish report / Jan Rydh -- Who needs supported employment and how? / Charlotte Strumpel -- Comments on the policy conclusions / Vappu Taipale -- Who needs activation, how and when? session report / Hedva Sarfati -- How should disability benefits be structured? : session report / Dennis J. Snower -- How should disability benefits be structured? : a World Bank view / Emily S. Andrews -- How should disability benefits be structured? : the Australian experience / David Kalisch -- A programme for better health in working life in Sweden / Jan Rydh -- The new benefit strategy being implemented in Luxembourg / Raymond Wagener -- Reflections on disability based on a comparison on 19 rich democracies / Harold L. Wilensky -- Transforming disability into ability : what can employers do? / Christoph M. Schmidt -- Employers and disability : adapting modern work organisations / Philippe Askenazy -- What should and what can employers do? : a German government perspective / Hartmut Haines -- Employing those not expected to work : the stunning changes in the employment of single mothers and people with disabilities in the United States in the 1990s / Richard V. Burkhauser and David C. Stapleton -- How to get employers to take on greater responsibility for the inclusion of disabled people in working life? / Bjorn Hvinden -- Role of employers in transforming disability into ability : learning from Dutch mistakes / Rick van der Ploeg -- Transforming disability into ability : session report on barriers to participation / Stefan Tromel -- The change in mentality needed for society to promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities / Luis Cayo Perez Bueno -- Mental barriers in general labour market policy / Mikael Klein -- Moving towards equality for disabled Londoners / David Morris -- The employment of people with disabilities in France / Agnes Roche de la Porte des Vaux |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Government policy -- OECD countries.
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People with disabilities -- Employment -- OECD countries.
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| Author |
Queisser, Monika.
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Marin, Bernd, 1948-
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Prinz, Christopher.
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| LC no. |
00002635 |
| ISBN |
0754642844 |
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