People, Policies and Professionals: A Study of Learning Disability in a Small Town

Originally published in 2002, this engaging ethnographic study uncovers the problems that arise when principles underlying policy are difficult to interpret and are at odds with the culture of the locality within which policy is implemented. Examining one strategy in particular, the All Wales Strategy in relation to people with learning disabilities, the author focuses as much attention on the community of the small Welsh mining town as on the citizens with learning disabilities who are the...