Understanding disability: from theory to practice

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"In this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to paint a 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"--Provided by publisher.

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Full title :Understanding disability : from theory to practice / Michael Oliver.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009
Edition:Second editon

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009

The Physical Object

Description:x, 201 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230220287, 0230220282
oclc:ocn456729766
LC Classification:HV1568
Dewey Decimal:362.4

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 (with Beth Omansky) -- Special education into the twenty-first century -- Disability and normalization : a critique -- The relevance of emancipatory research for policy development -- Disabling of enabling welfare : what next for disabled people? (with Colin Barnes) -- Disability politics and the disabled people's movement in Britain (with Vic Finkelstein) -- Disablement into the twenty-first century -- Personalizing the political and politicizing the personal.

Subjects

Handicap -- Aspect sociologique handicapé People with disabilities -- Civil rights People with disabilities -- Social cond… Personer med funktionsnedsättning -- me… Personer med funktionsnedsättning -- so… Personnes handicapées -- Conditions soc… Personnes handicapées -- Droits Sociology of disability