Understanding disability : from theory to practice

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Understanding disability : from theory to practice

Michael Oliver

Macmillan Press, 1996

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780333599150

Description

Understanding Disability develops some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen in the last twenty years, offering both a personal journey of exploration and understanding and an attempt to take further our theoretical understanding of disability.

Table of Contents

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?.- Rehabilitating Society.- The World of Disability.- Understanding the Hegemony of Disability.- Disability, Politics and Citizenship.- Intellectuals and the Disability Movement.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333599167

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Mike Oliver's work has had an enormous influence on our understanding of disablement in society...The book should prove useful and enlightening to disabled and non-disabled people alike...written in the clear, concise and honest style characteristic of Mike Oliver's work...it makes a valuable contribution to the debates about our understanding of disability and the position of disabled people in society.' Gerry Zarb, Policy Studies;Understanding Disability develops some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen in the last twenty years, offering both a personal journey of exploration and understanding and an attempt to take further our theoretical understanding of disability.

Table of Contents

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? Rehabilitating Society - The World of Disability - Understanding the Hegemony of Disability - Disability, Politics and Citizenship - Intellectuals and the Disability Movement

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