Disability studies today / edited by Colin Barnes, Mike Oliver, and Len Barton.

Other author Barnes, Colin, 1946-
Other author Oliver, Mike.
Other author Barton, Len.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
Descriptionviii, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents American pragmatism, sociology and the development of disability studies / Gary L. Albrecht -- Disability theory : key ideas, issues and thinkers / Carol Thomas -- Disability and the body / Bill Hughes -- Theorizing divisions and hierarchies : towards commonality or diversity / Ayeshea Vernon and John Swain -- History, power and identity / Anne Borsay -- Work, disablity, disabled people, and European social theory / Paul Abberley -- Shooting for the moon : politics and disability at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Phil Lee -- Academic debates and political advocacy : the US disability movement / Harlan Hahn -- Globalization and disability / Chris Holden and Peter Beresford -- Disability, citizenship and rights in a changing world / Marcia H. Rioux -- Emancipatory disability research / Geof Mercer -- Disability, the academy and the inclusive society / Colin Barnes, Mike Oliver and Len Barton.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002001668
ISBN0745626564 (hc)
ISBN0745626572 (pb)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV1568.2 .D595 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold