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Understanding disability : from theory to practice / Michael Oliver.

By: Oliver, Michael, 1945-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Palgrave, 1996Description: x, 192 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0312158033 .Subject(s): Sociology of disability | People with disabilities -- Social conditions | People with disabilities -- Civil rightsDDC classification: 362.4
Contents:
Introduction -- From personal struggle to political understanding -- Fundamental principles of disability -- The social model in context -- Citizenship, welfare and community care -- Social policy and welfare: from needs to rights -- Education for all? a perspective on an inclusive society -- Rehabilitating society -- The world of disability -- Understanding the hegemony of disability -- Disability, politics and citizenship -- Intellectuals and the disability movement.

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This wide-ranging collection of essays by Michael Oliver discusses recent and perennial issues - such as the fundamental principles of disability, citizenship and community care, social policy and welfare, education, rehabilitation, and the politics of new social movements and the international context.

Bibliography: (pages 171-181) and index.

Introduction -- From personal struggle to political understanding -- Fundamental principles of disability -- The social model in context -- Citizenship, welfare and community care -- Social policy and welfare: from needs to rights -- Education for all? a perspective on an inclusive society -- Rehabilitating society -- The world of disability -- Understanding the hegemony of disability -- Disability, politics and citizenship -- Intellectuals and the disability movement.

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