Book Review: Working for a Living? Employment, Benefits and the Living Standards of Disabled People

Abstract

This valuable study compares the welfare states of Sweden, Germany and Britain on the basis of social policy provision for disabled people of working age, particularly in the areas of income maintenance and employment policy. WORKING FOR A LIVING?; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Disability policies and the citizenship rights of disabled people; 2. Disability and welfare state regimes; 3. Employment and working life; 4. Benefits, personal assistance and living standards; 5. Conclusion and policy implications; References; Appendix: Methods used for the research; Secondary analysis of survey data; About the three surveys; thods of analysis; The use of 'vignettes' to compare outcomes.