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Description for Disability
Paperback. For most of the twentieth century, people with disabilities have been regarded as a victimsa of their condition and a a burdena on society. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
For most of the twentieth century, people with disabilities have been regarded as a victimsa of their condition and a a burdena on society. More recently, however, disabled people and their organizations across Europe and North America have challenged conventional explanations for their individual and collective disadvantage, calling for policy measures to change the image and status of disabled people in the Western world. In this new book, Barnes and Mercer provide a concise and accessible introduction to the concept of disability. Drawing on a burgeoning a disability studiesa literature from around the world, and from a ... Read more
For most of the twentieth century, people with disabilities have been regarded as a victimsa of their condition and a a burdena on society. More recently, however, disabled people and their organizations across Europe and North America have challenged conventional explanations for their individual and collective disadvantage, calling for policy measures to change the image and status of disabled people in the Western world. In this new book, Barnes and Mercer provide a concise and accessible introduction to the concept of disability. Drawing on a burgeoning a disability studiesa literature from around the world, and from a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Key Concepts
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745625096
SKU
V9780745625096
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Ref
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About Colin Barnes
Colin Barnes is Professor of Disability Studies and Geof Mercer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Polity at the University of Leeds
Reviews for Disability
In Disability, Barnes and Mercer raise the bar for any future discussions of the social model of disability. Their well
grounded work uses the social model to analyse the classic questions of the definition, production, representation, experience, stratification, exclusion, politics and globalization of disability. This timely book is a must read for students, scholars and activists. Gary L. Albrecht, University ... Read more
grounded work uses the social model to analyse the classic questions of the definition, production, representation, experience, stratification, exclusion, politics and globalization of disability. This timely book is a must read for students, scholars and activists. Gary L. Albrecht, University ... Read more