{"product_id":"exploring-disability-2e-9780745634852","title":"Exploring Disability 2e","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The key debates around disability are given a thorough airing in this revised edition of a widely used text\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Educational Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"If students and teachers want one resource to assist in their exploration of disability studies, then this is it. It's up-to-date, comprehensive and coherent, outlining the key themes and issues in a readable way. No-one studying disability on an undergraduate, postgraduate or profession training course should be without it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMike Oliver, \u003ci\u003eEmeritus Professor, University of Greenwich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"A deep commitment towards the rights of people with disabilities within the social model of disability shines throughout the entire book, and drives the reader in exploring disability theories with interest and passion.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAngela Genova, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Urbino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Exploring Disability is an important, up-to-date, critical and wide-ranging review of key issues that situates the debates and discussion within the growing literature on disability. Exploring Disability should be on the reading lists of many disability studies courses providing as it does the broad overview of where both the discipline and the movement are today. It is a must for academics, policy makers, researchers, and the disability movement.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarcia Rioux, \u003ci\u003eYork Institute for Health Research, Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Introduction: Analysing Disability\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrass roots mobilisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociological perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA brief word on terminology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverview of the book \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Competing Models and Approaches\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocio-historical perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe individual or medical model of disability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking beyond individual solutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe social model of disability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biopsychosocial model of disability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Sociological Approaches to Chronic Illness and Disability\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFunctionalism, Parsons and the sick role\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabelling perspectives and stigmatisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNegotiated and interpretive accounts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical and professional dominance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTowards a political economy of medicine and sickness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbodiment and post structuralism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Theories of Disability\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWelfarism and its discontents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheories of disability and oppression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisability and social divisions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostmodernism: back to the future?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Social Exclusion and Disabling Barriers\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisability policy and the welfare state\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEducation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinancial circumstances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmployment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt environment, housing and transport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeisure and social participation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Routes to Independent Living\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe critique of residential institutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolicy direction towards independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare or independence?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUser led organisations centres for independent living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect payments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eService user involvement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Politics and Disability Politics\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics and disabled people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCivil rights and legislation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new social movement?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentity politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Culture, the Media and Identity\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociological approaches to culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural representations of disability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural studies approaches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTowards a disability culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 9. Disability and the Right to Life\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEthics, culture and rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisability and Eugenics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisability and biotechnology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife and death decisions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. Disability and Development: Global Perspectives \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisability, industrialisation and globalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComparative perspectives on impairment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoverty, disability and social exclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternationalization of disability policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisability activism: mobilizing for change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404371239255,"sku":"9780745634852","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exploring-disability-2e-9780745634852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}