Simon Prideaux
Biographic Data
| ID | 846687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Prideaux |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Prideaux |
| SIGNATURE | PRIDEAUX S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Indigenous Emancipation
This thematic issue addresses the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples in protecting their rights and maintaining their unique cultures and ways of life. Despite residing on all continents and possessing distinct social, cultural, economic, and political characteristics, Indigenous peoples have historically faced oppression and violation of their rights. Measures to protect Indigenous rights are gradually being recognized by the international c…
Crimes of States and Powerful Elites
Crimes of States and Powerful Elites
Understanding disability policy
In an era of scarce social resources the question of the changing social policy constructions and responses to disabled people has become increasingly important. Paradoxically, some disabled people are realising new freedoms and choices never before envisioned, whilst others are prey to major retractions in public services and aggressive attempts to redefine who counts as 'genuinely disabled'. Understanding Disability Policy locates disability po…
Disability, policy and professional practice
The welfare politics of Charles Murray are alive and well in the UK
Prideaux SJ. The welfare politics of Charles Murray are alive and well in the UK Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 293–302 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This article takes a historical look at the ‘underclass’ debate that was prominently provoked and perpetuated in Britain by the American Charles Murray. It does so because the recent protestations about gun cri…
Disabled people and self‐directed support schemes
This article critically explores and adds to research on the social benefits of self‐directed support schemes for disabled people and their families. We argue that, although research to date has defined the benefits of such services within conventional ‘cost–benefit’ frameworks, this approach has failed to address the more significant challenge to traditional models of welfare and, particularly, the role of users of these schemes as employers. Th…
New Labour/hard Labour? Restructuring and resistance inside the welfare industry
More policies, greater inclusion? Exploring the contradictions of New Labour inclusive education policy
The era of New Labour government has witnessed unprecedented growth in inclusive education policies. There is, however, limited evidence that policies have increased disabled children’s inclusion. This article explores reasons for this contradiction. Drawing on sociological insights, it is argued that New Labour policies on inclusive education take their cues from wider neo‐liberal constructions of social exclusion; ideas that point to the person…
Not So New Labour
New Labour has concentrated many of its social policy initiatives in reinvigorating the family, community and work. But just how 'new' are the ideas driving policy and practice? This book shows how New Labour has drawn on the ideas and premises of functionalism, which dominated British and American sociological thought from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Not so New Labour
John Macmurray and the‘Forgotten’Lessons on Capitalism and Community
Tony Blair has made no secret of his admiration for the philosophical works of John Macmurray. This article shows that Blair recognises Macmurray's contribution to the understanding of the individual in society. Blair readily acknowledges Macmurray's overriding desire for philosophy to place individuals in their rightful social setting. Yet Blair views this philosophical shift as a reinforcement of modern notions of community that emphasise an ob…
Not So New Labour
From Organisational Theory to the New Communitarianism of Amitai Etzioni
Introduction Across a wide range of social commentators and social disciplines there has been little doubt that thoughts and sentiments of Amitai Etzioni have influenced a communitarian attempt to establish a new moral order within which modern society should develop. Ruth Levitas (1998), to name but one, points to characteristic centrality Etzioni gives to family as well as to community. On another level, Finn Bowring (1997) draws upon Etzioni's…
New Labour, Old Functionalism
Through references to Hansard, official papers, Fabian pamphlets and pertinent texts from the fields of politics, sociology and social policy, this piece illustrates the similarities of thought behind the deliberations of New Labour and those of the early American functionalists and their modern‐day counterparts. Examination of the rhetoric used by both parties shows that there are three main focal points of comparison. On one level there is a sh…
Disabled people and self‐directed support schemes
This article critically explores and adds to research on the social benefits of self‐directed support schemes for disabled people and their families. We argue that, although research to date has defined the benefits of such services within conventional ‘cost–benefit’ frameworks, this approach has failed to address the more significant challenge to traditional models of welfare and, particularly, the role of users of these schemes as employers. Th…
The welfare politics of Charles Murray are alive and well in the UK
Prideaux SJ. The welfare politics of Charles Murray are alive and well in the UK Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 293–302 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This article takes a historical look at the ‘underclass’ debate that was prominently provoked and perpetuated in Britain by the American Charles Murray. It does so because the recent protestations about gun cri…
New Labour, Old Functionalism
Through references to Hansard, official papers, Fabian pamphlets and pertinent texts from the fields of politics, sociology and social policy, this piece illustrates the similarities of thought behind the deliberations of New Labour and those of the early American functionalists and their modern‐day counterparts. Examination of the rhetoric used by both parties shows that there are three main focal points of comparison. On one level there is a sh…
More policies, greater inclusion? Exploring the contradictions of New Labour inclusive education policy
The era of New Labour government has witnessed unprecedented growth in inclusive education policies. There is, however, limited evidence that policies have increased disabled children’s inclusion. This article explores reasons for this contradiction. Drawing on sociological insights, it is argued that New Labour policies on inclusive education take their cues from wider neo‐liberal constructions of social exclusion; ideas that point to the person…
John Macmurray and the‘Forgotten’Lessons on Capitalism and Community
Tony Blair has made no secret of his admiration for the philosophical works of John Macmurray. This article shows that Blair recognises Macmurray's contribution to the understanding of the individual in society. Blair readily acknowledges Macmurray's overriding desire for philosophy to place individuals in their rightful social setting. Yet Blair views this philosophical shift as a reinforcement of modern notions of community that emphasise an ob…
New Labour/hard Labour? Restructuring and resistance inside the welfare industry
From Organisational Theory to the New Communitarianism of Amitai Etzioni
Introduction Across a wide range of social commentators and social disciplines there has been little doubt that thoughts and sentiments of Amitai Etzioni have influenced a communitarian attempt to establish a new moral order within which modern society should develop. Ruth Levitas (1998), to name but one, points to characteristic centrality Etzioni gives to family as well as to community. On another level, Finn Bowring (1997) draws upon Etzioni's…
New Labour, Old Functionalism
Through references to Hansard, official papers, Fabian pamphlets and pertinent texts from the fields of politics, sociology and social policy, this piece illustrates the similarities of thought behind the deliberations of New Labour and those of the early American functionalists and their modern‐day counterparts. Examination of the rhetoric used by both parties shows that there are three main focal points of comparison. On one level there is a sh…
From Organisational Theory to the New Communitarianism of Amitai Etzioni
Introduction Across a wide range of social commentators and social disciplines there has been little doubt that thoughts and sentiments of Amitai Etzioni have influenced a communitarian attempt to establish a new moral order within which modern society should develop. Ruth Levitas (1998), to name but one, points to characteristic centrality Etzioni gives to family as well as to community. On another level, Finn Bowring (1997) draws upon Etzioni's…
Not So New Labour
New Labour has concentrated many of its social policy initiatives in reinvigorating the family, community and work. But just how 'new' are the ideas driving policy and practice? This book shows how New Labour has drawn on the ideas and premises of functionalism, which dominated British and American sociological thought from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Not so New Labour
John Macmurray and the‘Forgotten’Lessons on Capitalism and Community
Tony Blair has made no secret of his admiration for the philosophical works of John Macmurray. This article shows that Blair recognises Macmurray's contribution to the understanding of the individual in society. Blair readily acknowledges Macmurray's overriding desire for philosophy to place individuals in their rightful social setting. Yet Blair views this philosophical shift as a reinforcement of modern notions of community that emphasise an ob…
Not So New Labour
New Labour/hard Labour? Restructuring and resistance inside the welfare industry
More policies, greater inclusion? Exploring the contradictions of New Labour inclusive education policy
The era of New Labour government has witnessed unprecedented growth in inclusive education policies. There is, however, limited evidence that policies have increased disabled children’s inclusion. This article explores reasons for this contradiction. Drawing on sociological insights, it is argued that New Labour policies on inclusive education take their cues from wider neo‐liberal constructions of social exclusion; ideas that point to the person…
The welfare politics of Charles Murray are alive and well in the UK
Prideaux SJ. The welfare politics of Charles Murray are alive and well in the UK Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 293–302 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This article takes a historical look at the ‘underclass’ debate that was prominently provoked and perpetuated in Britain by the American Charles Murray. It does so because the recent protestations about gun cri…
Disabled people and self‐directed support schemes
This article critically explores and adds to research on the social benefits of self‐directed support schemes for disabled people and their families. We argue that, although research to date has defined the benefits of such services within conventional ‘cost–benefit’ frameworks, this approach has failed to address the more significant challenge to traditional models of welfare and, particularly, the role of users of these schemes as employers. Th…
Disability, policy and professional practice
Understanding disability policy
In an era of scarce social resources the question of the changing social policy constructions and responses to disabled people has become increasingly important. Paradoxically, some disabled people are realising new freedoms and choices never before envisioned, whilst others are prey to major retractions in public services and aggressive attempts to redefine who counts as 'genuinely disabled'. Understanding Disability Policy locates disability po…
Crimes of States and Powerful Elites
Crimes of States and Powerful Elites
Indigenous Emancipation
This thematic issue addresses the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples in protecting their rights and maintaining their unique cultures and ways of life. Despite residing on all continents and possessing distinct social, cultural, economic, and political characteristics, Indigenous peoples have historically faced oppression and violation of their rights. Measures to protect Indigenous rights are gradually being recognized by the international c…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (4 works)