Exploring disability : a sociological introduction / Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer.
By: Barnes, Colin
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Contributor(s): Mercer, G. (Geoffrey).
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: vii, 341 p. ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780745634869; 0745634869.Subject(s): Sociology of disability | People with disabilities -- Research | People with disabilities -- Government policy | Society | Disability: social aspects | Sociology & anthropologyDDC classification: 305.908 | 305.908 BAR | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Previous ed.: published as by Colin Barnes, Geof Mercer and Tom Shakespeare. 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-321) and index.
Introduction: analysing disability -- Competing models and approaches -- Sociological approaches to chronic illness and disability -- Theories of disability -- Social exclusion and disabling barriers -- Routes to independent living -- Politics and disability politics -- Culture, the media and identity -- Disability and the right to life -- Disability and development: global perspectives.
An introductory textbook for anyone studying disability. This book provides an overview of the existing literature in the area, and develops an understanding of disability that has implications for both sociology and society.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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, SwedenGeof Mercer is a former Reader in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.