Help Imagining Welfare
Help Imagining Welfare by Tom Shakespeare, published by Venture Press in 2000, is a thought-provoking exploration of social relations of care from a disability studies perspective. This edition, comprising 99 pages, delves into the ways society supports individuals, challenging academics and professionals to reconsider their approaches in the twenty-first century. Through cultural representations and interviews with users and workers, the book presents an original study on the disempowering effects of care.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis that draws on independent living and feminist ethics of care, offering alternative approaches to meeting needs and achieving equality. The work encourages reflection on social issues and the dynamics of social welfare and services, making it a significant contribution to discussions surrounding care and support in contemporary society.
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“An exploration of the social relations of care, written from a disability studies perspective. Help challenges academics, professionals, and society as a whole to rethink the ways we support each other in the twenty-first century. Drawing on cultural representations, and interviews with users and workers, it is an original and provocative study of the colonising and disempowering effects of care. The book draws on independent living and feminist ethic of care perspectives in order to provide an alternative approach to meeting need and achieving equality.”–Back cover
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