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

• Autore: DePoy Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles ; ; London, : SAGE, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 250 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 362.4
• Soggetto topico: Disability studies
• Altri autori: GilsonStephen French
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Studying disability
• ISBN: 1-4522-1569-3; 1-4522-7526-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786227903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II