Disability Studies Today

Colin Barnes (Editor), Len Barton (Editor), Mike Oliver (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-7456-2656-7

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288 pages

December 2002, Polity

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Provides an invaluable introduction to the concerns and controversies surrounding disability and disability studies.

The arguments presented in this book have important political and policy implications for both disabled and non-disabled people.

Contains contributions from established figures, as well as newcomers to the field.

Topics covered include: the history of the development of disability studies in Britain and America, key ideas, issues and thinkers, the role of the body, divisions and hierarchies, history, power and identity, work, politics and the disabled people's; movement, globalization, human rights, research and the role of the academy.