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1 online resource (x, 852 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This path-breaking handbook signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. It aims to be a thought-provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of this field. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: The Formation of Disability Studies ; Part I -- The Shaping of Disability Studies as a Field; Chapter 1 -- An Institutional History of Disability ; Chapter 2 -- Counting Disability ; Chapter 3 -- Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes, and Applications ; Chapter 4 -- Theorizing Disability ; Chapter 5 -- Methodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research ; Chapter 6 -- Disability: An Interactive Person-Environment Social Creation. |
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Chapter 7 -- Representation and Its Discontents: The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and FilmChapter 8 -- Philosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability; Chapter 9 -- Disability and the Sociology of the Body; Chapter 10 -- Intellectual Disabilities-Quo Vadis?; Chapter 11 -- Disability, Bioethics, and Human Rights; Chapter 12 -- Disability Studies and Electronic Networking; Part II -- Experiencing Disability; Chapter 13 -- Divided Understandings: The Social Experience of Disability. |
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Chapter 14 -- Mapping the Family: Disability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to DisabilityChapter 15 -- Disability and Community: A Sociological Approach; Chapter 16 -- Welfare States and Disabled People; Chapter 17 -- Advocacy and Political Action; Chapter 18 -- Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes toward Decisions Affecting Disabled People; Chapter 19 -- The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities; Chapter 20 -- Inclusion/Exclusion: An Analysis of Historical and Cultural Meanings; Part III -- Disability in Context. |
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Chapter 21 -- Disability Culture: Assimilation or Inclusion?Chapter 22 -- Identity Politics, Disability, and Culture; Chapter 23 -- Making the Difference: Disability, Politics, and Recognition; Chapter 24 -- Disability Human Rights, Law, and Policy; Chapter 25 -- The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace; Chapter 26 -- Disability and Health Policy: The Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health Services; Chapter 27 -- Disability Benefit Programs: Can We Improve the Return-to-Work Record? |
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Chapter 28 -- A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People: An International ViewChapter 29 -- Science and Technology Policy: Is Disability a Missing Factor?; Chapter 30 -- Disability, Education, and Inclusion: Cross-Cultural Issues and Dilemmas; Chapter 31 -- Support Systems: The Interface between Individuals and Environments; Chapter 32 -- The Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals; Chapter 33 -- Public Health Trends in Disability: Past, Present, and Future; Chapter 34 -- Disability in the Developing World; Author Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Disability studies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Disability studies. |
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Sociology of disability -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Sociology of disability. |
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Disabled Persons. |
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Research. |
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Electronic books.
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Handboeken (vorm)
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Albrecht, Gary L.
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Seelman, Katherine D.
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Bury, Michael.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of disability studies. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001 0761916520 (DLC) 00012353 (OCoLC)45363220 |
| ISBN |
0585387702 (electronic book) |
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9780585387703 (electronic book) |
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1412976251 |
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9781412976251 |
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076192874X |
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9780761928744 |
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9781452212531 |
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1452212538 |
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9780761916529 |
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0761916520 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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076192874X (paperback) |
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9780761928744 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.4135/978-1-41297-625-1 |
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9780761928744 |
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