- Author
- Year
- 2009
- Title
- Enabling and disabling: disability in the British and Dutch construction sectors
- Journal
- Construction Management & Economics
- Volume | Issue number
- 27 | 6
- Pages (from-to)
- 555-566
- Document type
- Article
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law (FdR)
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Institute
- Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS)
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) - Abstract
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Though the British and Dutch approaches to disability in the construction sector exhibit common features, Britain tends towards a capabilities model compared with the Netherlands which is closer to a social model. The construction sector is considerably more regulated in the Netherlands but is in both countries highly disabling and exclusive. Sector-specific disabling and enabling factors and policy measures were investigated in the two countries with a view to identifying which policies might facilitate labour market participation. The investigation was based on interviews using similar questionnaires with key stakeholders, firms and disabled employees and a focus group. Policy in each country addresses the nature of exclusion in different ways. The conclusion drawn is that a sector-specific approach is needed if disability policy in Britain is to be more in tune with the social model—as apparent from the comparison with the Netherlands.
- URL
- go to publisher's site
- Language
- Undefined/Unknown
- Permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.315191
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