Handbook of disability studies / / edited by Gary L. Albrecht, Katherine D. Seelman, and Michael Bury

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 852 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 362.4
• Soggetto topico: Disability studies; Sociology of disability
• Altri autori: AlbrechtGary L BuryMichael <1945-> SeelmanKatherine D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Formation of Disability Studies -- Part I - The Shaping of Disability Studies as a Field -- Chapter 1 - An Institutional History of Disability -- Chapter 2 - Counting Disability -- Chapter 3 - Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes, and Applications -- Chapter 4 - Theorizing Disability -- Chapter 5 - Methodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research -- Chapter 6 - Disability: An Interactive Person-Environment Social Creation -- Chapter 7 - Representation and Its Discontents: The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and Film -- Chapter 8 - Philosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability -- Chapter 9 - Disability and the Sociology of the Body -- Chapter 10 - Intellectual Disabilities-Quo Vadis? -- Chapter 11 - Disability, Bioethics, and Human Rights -- Chapter 12 - Disability Studies and Electronic Networking -- Part II - Experiencing Disability -- Chapter 13 - Divided Understandings: The Social Experience of Disability -- Chapter 14 - Mapping the Family: Disability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to Disability -- Chapter 15 - Disability and Community: A Sociological Approach -- Chapter 16 - Welfare States and Disabled People -- Chapter 17 - Advocacy and Political Action -- Chapter 18 - Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes toward Decisions Affecting Disabled People -- Chapter 19 - The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities -- Chapter 20 - Inclusion/Exclusion: An Analysis of Historical and Cultural Meanings -- Part III - Disability in Context -- Chapter 21 - Disability Culture: Assimilation or Inclusion? -- Chapter 22 - Identity Politics, Disability, and Culture -- Chapter 23 - Making the Difference: Disability, Politics, and Recognition. ; Chapter 24 - Disability Human Rights, Law, and Policy -- Chapter 25 - The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace -- Chapter 26 - Disability and Health Policy: The Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health Services -- Chapter 27 - Disability Benefit Programs: Can We Improve the Return-to-Work Record? -- Chapter 28 - A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People: An International View -- Chapter 29 - Science and Technology Policy: Is Disability a Missing Factor? -- Chapter 30 - Disability, Education, and Inclusion: Cross-Cultural Issues and Dilemmas -- Chapter 31 - Support Systems: The Interface between Individuals and Environments -- Chapter 32 - The Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals -- Chapter 33 - Public Health Trends in Disability: Past, Present, and Future -- Chapter 34 - Disability in the Developing World -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- About the Contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: This path-breaking handbook signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. It aims to be a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of this field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of disability studies
• ISBN: 0-7619-2874-X; 1-78268-905-2; 1-4522-1253-8; 0-585-38770-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828613603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II