Description
Book SynopsisProvides 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.
Trade Review"This edition is edited by the three people who have done more than anyone to establish disability studies as an academic discipline in the UK ... This collection provides a good overview of where disability studies has come from."
Tom Shakespeare, Times Higher Education Supplement
"Disability Studies Today is a welcome introduction to an expanding field which examines the experience of disability and knowledge about people with disabilities. It covers key issues and reflects the present, ongoing debates as the field matures. Scholars from around the world in a number of disciplines ? sociology, cultural studies, geography, history, policy studies, philosophy history, and others ? are focusing on the rich theoretical, political, and policy implications which are being presented. Disabled and non-disabled people are contributing to this discussion as are activists in the field. This text is essential to the understanding of the field of disability studies for newly emerging scholars, activists, established figures, and especially for students who are studying disability."
David Pfieffer, University of Hawaii
Table of ContentsContributors.
Chapter 1.Introduction: Colin Barnes, Mike Oliver and Len Barton.
Chapter 2.American Pragmatism, Sociology and the Development of Disability studies: Gary Albrecht.
Chapter 3.Disability Theory: Key Ideas, Issues and Thinkers: Carol Thomas.
Chapter 4.Disability and the Body: Bill Hughes.
Chapter 5.Theorizing Divisions and Hierarchies: Towards Commonality or Diversity: Ayeshea Vernon and John Swain.
Chapter 6.History, Power and Identity: Anne Borsay.
Chapter 7.Work, Disabled People and European Social Theory: Paul Abberley.
Chapter 8.Shooting for the Moon - Disability and Politics at the Millennium: Phil Lee.
Chapter 9. Academic Debates and Political Advocacy: the US Disability Movement: Harlan Hahn.
Chapter 10 Globalisation and Disability: Chris Holden and Peter Beresford.
Chapter 11.Disability and Globalising the Concept of Human Rights: Marcia Rioux.
Chapter 12 Re-viewing Disability Research: Geof Mercer.
Chapter 13. Disability, the Academy and the Inclusive Society: Colin Barnes, Mike Oliver and Len Barton.
Index.
