This module equips students with knowledge and skills to engage critically with public policy reforms in the field of disability equality. It provides them with an understanding of opportunities for policy change, and the challenges this presents. It allows students to explore the choices facing policy makers, and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to policy reform (such as between legislating or educating, or between targeting and mainstreaming policy interventions). They will learn about policy processes, and the factors and actors that influence them. Students will apply advanced knowledge to critically evaluate the opportunities for reform in selected case studies in relevant policy fields (including policy challenges identified by students, or relevant to their interests). They will consider the factors that shape opportunities for disability policy reform, the influence of different policy actors and the constraints on available choices and make recommendations.

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