Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice
Author:   Michael Oliver
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2nd ed. 2009
ISBN:  

9780230220287


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   26 August 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael Oliver
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Edition:   2nd ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.278kg
ISBN:  

9780230220287


ISBN 10:   0230220282
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   26 August 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: EXPERIENCING AND CHALLENGING A CHANGING WORLD From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding and Back Again Mobility Impairment in a Social Context The Social Model: History, Critique and Response Unmet Promises of Disability Law and Policy Special Education into the Twenty First Century PART II: THEORISING AND CHANGING A DISABLING WORLD Disability and Normalisation: A Critique The Relevance of Emancipatory Research for Policy Development Disabling or Enabling Welfare: What Next for Disabled People Disability Politics and the Disability Movement in Britain Diasablement into the Twenty First Century Personalising the Political and Politicising the Personal

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'...a fantastic and readable introduction to disability politics for activists, practitioners and students across social work and social policy, covering ground as diverse as theoretical models of disability, legal challenges and (missed) opportunities, special education provisions and the complex relationship between reserach and policy...Oliver issues an important rallying call to action and to the defence of the social model of disability, where the personal is inherently political.' - Professional Social Work


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MICHAEL OLIVER was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Greenwich, UK. He is also the author of the pathbreaking The Politics of Disablement and Social Work with Disabled People 3rd Edition (co-authored with Bob Sapey).

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