Understanding Disability develops some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen in the last twenty years, offering both a personal journey of exploration and understanding and an attempt to take further our theoretical understanding of disability.
Autorentext
MICHAEL OLIVER was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Greenwich, UK.
Inhalt
From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding
Fundamental Principles of Disability
The Social Model in Context Citizenship, Welfare and Community
Care Social Policy and Welfare: From Needs to Rights Education for All?
Rehabilitating Society
The World of Disability
Understanding the Hegemony of Disability
Disability, Politics and Citizenship
Intellectuals and the Disability Movement.