Exploring Disability (2nd Edition)

Exploring Disability (2nd Edition)
Colin Barnes, Geof Mercer
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h244 x 171mm - 288pg
26 Mar 2010 UK
University of Canterbury
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9780745634869
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The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes. Since the book' s initial publication, there has been an expansion of interest in disability in the social sciences, and disability has come to play an increasingly prominent role in political debates. The new edition takes account of all these developments, and also gives greater emphasis to global issues in order to reflect the increasing and intensifying interdependence of nation states in the twenty-first century. The authors examine, amongst other issues,the changing nature of the concept of disability, key debates in the sociology of health and illness, the politicisation of disability, social policy, and the cultural and media representation of disability. As well as providing an excellent overview of the literature in the area, the book develops an understanding of disability that has implications for both sociology and society. The second edition of Exploring Disability will be indispensable for students across the social sciences, and in health and social care, who really want to understand the issues facing disabled people and disabling societies.
"The key debates around disability are given a thorough airing inthis revised edition of a widely used text" Times Educational Supplement "If students and teachers want one resource to assist in theirexploration of disability studies, then this is it. It' sup-to-date, comprehensive and coherent, outlining the key themesand issues in a readable way. No-one studying disability on anundergraduate, postgraduate or professional training course shouldbe without it. " Mike Oliver, Emeritus Professor, University ofGreenwich "Exploring Disability is an important, up-to-date,critical and wide-ranging review of key issues that situates thedebates and discussion within the growing literature on disability. Exploring Disability should be on the reading lists of manydisability studies courses providing as it does the broad overviewof where both the discipline and the movement are today. It is amust for academics, policy makers, researchers, and the disabilitymovement. " Marcia Rioux, York Institute for Health Research,Toronto
Colin Barnes is Professor of Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds and Visiting Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Halmstad, Sweden Geof Mercer is a former Reader in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.
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ISBN-13: 9780745634869
Published: 26 Mar 2010
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 244mm
Width: 171mm
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 644g
Pages: 288

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