| Description |
ix, 198 pages ; 24cm |
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Disability, human rights, and society |
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Disability, human rights, and society.
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| Contents |
1. What's in a name? -- 2. Whose model? -- 3. What is 'disability studies'? -- 4. Controlling life? -- 5. A dividing society? -- 6. Celebrating difference? -- 7. What's so good about independence? -- 8. Will you put your hand in your pocket? -- 9. Whose body? -- 10. Policy: is inclusion better than integration? -- 11. Provision: who needs special needs? -- 12. Practice: are professionals parasites? -- 13. Policy, provision and practice: care or control? -- 14. Politics: where does change come from? -- Conclusion: enabling or disabling globalization? |
| Summary |
"At its best Disability Studies is an arena of critical debate addressing controversial issues concerning, not just the meaning of disability, but the nature of society, dominant values, quality of life, and even the right to live. Indeed, Disability Studies is itself the subject of controversy, in terms of its theoretical basis and who controls courses and research and whether it should be shaped and controlled by disabled academics or grassroots activists. Within these debates, generated by the social model of disability, are fundamental challenges to policy, provision and professional practice that are directly relevant to all who work with disabled people, whether in the field of social work, health or education." |
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"Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to support in-depth study on a variety of professional courses. It covers a wide range of specific, substantive issues within Disability Studies in a series of succinct chapters."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-187) and index |
| Subject |
People with disabilities.
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People with disabilities -- Civil rights.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Social work with people with disabilities.
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Sociology of disability.
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| Author |
French, Sally.
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Cameron, Colin, 1964-
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| LC no. |
2002030370 |
| ISBN |
033520905X |
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0335209041 paperback |
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033520905X cased |
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0335209041 paperback |
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033520905X hardback |
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