Sheila Riddell is Professor of Social Policy (Disability Studies) and Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Stephen Baron is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow. Alastair Wilson is Research Fellow in the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, University of Glasgow.

• Contents: Competing perspectives on lifelong learning and their implications for people with learning difficulties; Policy discourses and lifelong learning; Social justice and post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties; Lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties; Access to the open labour market by people with learning difficulties; Participation in supported employment; Community care, employment and benefits; Social capital, lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties; Regulated lives; Conclusion: implications of different versions of the Learning Society for people with learning difficulties.

"... a very useful and reflective book." Journal of Education and Work

Sheila Riddell is Professor of Social Policy (Disability Studies) and Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Stephen Baron is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow. Alastair Wilson is Research Fellow in the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, University of Glasgow.

• Contents: Competing perspectives on lifelong learning and their implications for people with learning difficulties; Policy discourses and lifelong learning; Social justice and post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties; Lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties; Access to the open labour market by people with learning difficulties; Participation in supported employment; Community care, employment and benefits; Social capital, lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties; Regulated lives; Conclusion: implications of different versions of the Learning Society for people with learning difficulties.

"... a very useful and reflective book." Journal of Education and Work

Sheila Riddell is Professor of Social Policy (Disability Studies) and Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Stephen Baron is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow. Alastair Wilson is Research Fellow in the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, University of Glasgow.

• Contents: Competing perspectives on lifelong learning and their implications for people with learning difficulties; Policy discourses and lifelong learning; Social justice and post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties; Lifelong learning for people with learning difficulties; Access to the open labour market by people with learning difficulties; Participation in supported employment; Community care, employment and benefits; Social capital, lifelong learning and people with learning difficulties; Regulated lives; Conclusion: implications of different versions of the Learning Society for people with learning difficulties.

"... a very useful and reflective book." Journal of Education and Work