In this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to painta vivid picture of both the practical challenges of disablement and the theoretical understandings of disability. This approachable text is core reading for social work, nursing, health and social care and social science students taking modules in disability studies. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: EXPERIENCING AND CHALLENGING A CHANGING WORLD - From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding and Back Again - Mobility Impairment in a Social Context - The Social Model: History, Critique and Response - Unmet Promises of Disability Law and Policy - Special Education into the Twenty First Century - PART II: THEORISING AND CHANGING A DISABLING WORLD - Disability and Normalisation: A Critique - The Relevance of Emancipatory Research for Policy Development - Disabling or Enabling Welfare: What Next for Disabled People - Disability Politics and the Disability Movement in Britain - Diasablement into the Twenty First Century - Personalising the Political and Politicising the Personal -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22028-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés