Handbook of Disability Studies
eBook - PDF

Handbook of Disability Studies

  1. 864 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Handbook of Disability Studies

About this book

This path-breaking international handbook of disability studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines. To provide insight and perspective, the volume is divided into three sections: The shaping of disability studies as a field; experiencing disability; and, disability in context. Each section, written by world class figures, consists of original chapters designed to map the field and explore the key conceptual, theoretical, methodological, practice and policy issues that constitute the field. Each chapter provides a critical review of an area, positions and literature and an agenda for future research and practice. The handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability studies. The book will be of interest to disabled people, scholars, policy makers and activists alike. The book aims to define the existing field, stimulate future debate, encourage respectful discourse between different interest groups and move the field a step forward.

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Disability Studies by Gary L. Albrecht,Katherine D. Seelman,Michael Bury, Gary L. Albrecht, Katherine Delores Seelman, Michael Bury in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Theory, Practice & Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: The Formation of Disability Studies
  5. Part I - The Shaping of Disability Studies as a Field
  6. Chapter 1 - An Institutional History of Disability
  7. Chapter 2 - Counting Disability
  8. Chapter 3 - Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes, and Applications
  9. Chapter 4 - Theorizing Disability
  10. Chapter 5 - Methodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research
  11. Chapter 6 - Disability: An Interactive Person-Environment Social Creation
  12. Chapter 7 - Representation and Its Discontents: The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and Film
  13. Chapter 8 - Philosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability
  14. Chapter 9 - Disability and the Sociology of the Body
  15. Chapter 10 - Intellectual Disabilities—Quo Vadis?
  16. Chapter 11 - Disability, Bioethics, and Human Rights
  17. Chapter 12 - Disability Studies and Electronic Networking
  18. Part II - Experiencing Disability
  19. Chapter 13 - Divided Understandings: The Social Experience of Disability
  20. Chapter 14 - Mapping the Family: Disability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to Disability
  21. Chapter 15 - Disability and Community: A Sociological Approach
  22. Chapter 16 - Welfare States and Disabled People
  23. Chapter 17 - Advocacy and Political Action
  24. Chapter 18 - Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes toward Decisions Affecting Disabled People
  25. Chapter 19 - The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities
  26. Chapter 20 - Inclusion/Exclusion: An Analysis of Historical and Cultural Meanings
  27. Part III - Disability in Context
  28. Chapter 21 - Disability Culture: Assimilation or Inclusion?
  29. Chapter 22 - Identity Politics, Disability, and Culture
  30. Chapter 23 - Making the Difference: Disability, Politics, and Recognition
  31. Chapter 24 - Disability Human Rights, Law, and Policy
  32. Chapter 25 - The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace
  33. Chapter 26 - Disability and Health Policy: The Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health Services
  34. Chapter 27 - Disability Benefit Programs: Can We Improve the Return-to-Work Record?
  35. Chapter 28 - A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People: An International View
  36. Chapter 29 - Science and Technology Policy: Is Disability a Missing Factor?
  37. Chapter 30 - Disability, Education, and Inclusion: Cross-Cultural Issues and Dilemmas
  38. Chapter 31 - Support Systems: The Interface between Individuals and Environments
  39. Chapter 32 - The Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals
  40. Chapter 33 - Public Health Trends in Disability: Past, Present, and Future
  41. Chapter 34 - Disability in the Developing World
  42. Author Index
  43. Subject Index
  44. About the Contributors