The Cloak of Competence, Revised and Updated edition
Author:   Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher:   University of California Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780520082267


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   16 October 1993
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780520082267


ISBN 10:   0520082265
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   16 October 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE REVISED EDITION INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITION FOREWORD PREFACE 1 The Study and Its Background 2 Detailed Portraits of Selected Persons 3 Some Central Concerns of Life on the Outs 4 Passing and Denial: The Problem of Seeming To Be Normal 5 The Benevolent Conspiracy: The Role of the Benefactor 6 Stigma and the Cloak of Competence 7 The Follow-up Studies 8 Conclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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"""The republication of The Cloak of Competence is welcome because in addition to making an important book available to those who do not have access to the original publication, in this revision Edgerton enriches the original through additional chapters.""--""American Journal on Mental Retardation"


The republication of The Cloak of Competence is welcome because in addition to making an important book available to those who do not have access to the original publication, in this revision Edgerton enriches the original through additional chapters. -- American Journal on Mental Retardation


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Robert B. Edgerton is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His many books include Rules, Exceptions, and Social Order (1985), and The Individual in Cultural Adaptation (1971), both published by California.

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