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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786227903321

Autore

DePoy Elizabeth

Titolo

Studying disability [[electronic resource] ] : multiple theories and responses / / Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen French Gilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles ; ; London, : SAGE, c2011

ISBN

1-4522-1569-3

1-4522-7526-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 250 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

GilsonStephen French

Disciplina

362.4

Soggetti

Disability studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; PART I: Foundations; 1 - Foundations; 2 - Looking Back; 3 - Disability in the 20th and 21st Centuries; PART II: Description and Explanation; 4 - The Descriptive Element of Explanatory Legitimacy Theory; 5 - Explanations Introduced; 6 - Longitudinal Explanations; 7 - Environmental Explanations; 8 - Categorical Explanations; 9 - Systems Explanations; 10 - Contemporary and Emerging Explanations; PART III: Legitimacy; 11 - Legitimacy-What Is It?; 12 - Who Is a Legitimate Category Member?; 13 - Legitimate Humanities Responses; 14 - Legitimate Social Science Responses

15 - Legitimate Professional ResponsesPART IV: Fashioning Communities; 16 - Integrative Academic-Professional Stance Through Disjuncture Theory; 17 - A Model of Community Legitimacy; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines, this book reviews existing theories then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health.