Disability, Welfare and Work

拟议的项目将对残疾人在福利到工作政策方面的经历提供重要的见解。该项目将能够衡量在新的从福利到工作的措施中投入的大量公共资金的有效性。在2002/03年度，澳大利亚政府在开放式就业援助方面投资了3亿多美元。对概念问题的应用研究，如残疾的正确模式、义务与我们对公民身份的理解的关系以及相关的伦理问题，将有助于保持澳大利亚在应用哲学和社会学研究的前沿。

The proposed project will offer significant insights into the experiences of people with a disability in the context of welfare-to-work policies. The project will be able to gauge the extent to which the significant amount of public funds invested in the new welfare-to-work measures is effective. In 2002/03 the Australian Government invested over 300 million dollars in Open Employment assistance. The applied research into conceptual questions such as the correct model of disability, the relation of obligation to our understanding of citizenship and associated ethical issues will assist in maintaining Australia at the cutting edge of applied philosophical and sociological research.