Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice

✍ Scribed by Michael Oliver (auth.)

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 203
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-5
From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding....Pages 6-18
Fundamental Principles of Disability....Pages 19-29
The Social Model in Context....Pages 30-42
Citizenship, Welfare and Community Care....Pages 43-62
Social Policy and Welfare: From Needs to Rights....Pages 63-77
Education for All? A Perspective on an Inclusive Society....Pages 78-94
Rehabilitating Society....Pages 95-109
The World of Disability....Pages 110-125
Understanding the Hegemony of Disability....Pages 126-144
Disability, Politics and Citizenship....Pages 145-161
Intellectuals and the Disability Movement....Pages 162-170
Back Matter....Pages 171-192

✦ Subjects

Sociology of Sport and Leisure; Nursing; Social Policy; Sociology, general; Social Work

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