This paper examines the proposal that by exploring at a micro level the control exercised
over children it is possible to identify the wider societal mechanisms for maintaining power at …

Feminists have put care on the sociological agenda. At times they have defined it as an
activity that imprisons women, at other times they have seen it as a value that is …

This chapter critically assesses the recent change in the way social policy characterises
disabled children and young people. It briefly illustrates that social policy has moved from …

The emergence of both disability studies and the new social studies of childhood has seen a
new approach in the study of disability in childhood. The focus has shifted from an …

The right to a supported independent life is a central dimension to disability politics. This
focus has been used to challenge institutionalised living and the exclusion of disabled …

The objective of this paper is to provide a description and analysis of the social model of
disability, and how it has developed during the past 30 years. Both academics working in the …

In this paper I consider the development of'community care'and'civil rights', which have
raised a number of important issues concerning the control and direction of disability policy …

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)(formerly known as
ICIDH) was approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) General Assembly in May …

This article looks at how the children of disabled parents are being defined as' young carers',
arguing that the way in which this is hap pening undermines both the rights of children and …

This report is concerned with the experiences of a group of children and young people who
are at a high risk of social exclusion. It is based the experiences of forty-four young people …