{"product_id":"disability-studies-today-hardback-9780745626567","title":"Disability Studies Today (Hardback) 9780745626567","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisability Studies Today\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Barnes (Edited by), C Barnes (Author), Len Barton (Edited by), Mike Oliver (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745626567, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 September 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.526 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This edition is edited by the three people who have done more than anyone to establish disability studies as an academic discipline in the UK ... This collection provides a good overview of where disability studies has come from.\"\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDisability Studies Today\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome introduction to an expanding field which examines the experience of disability and knowledge about people with disabilities. It covers key issues and reflects the present, ongoing debates as the field matures. Scholars from around the world in a number of disciplines ? sociology, cultural studies, geography, history, policy studies, philosophy history, and others ? are focusing on the rich theoretical, political, and policy implications which are being presented. Disabled and non-disabled people are contributing to this discussion as are activists in the field. This text is essential to the understanding of the field of disability studies for newly emerging scholars, activists, established figures, and especially for students who are studying disability.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Pfieffer, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Hawaii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOver recent years there has been an unprecedented upsurge of interest in the general area of disability and disability studies amongst academics and researchers throughout the world. This has generated an increasingly expansive literature, from a variety of perspectives, including cultural studies, development studies, geography, history, philosophy, social policy, social psychology and sociology. Perhaps inevitably, given this heightened interest, a number of important challenges and debates have emerged which raise many significant questions for all those interested in this newly emergent and increasingly important field. \u003ci\u003eDisability Studies Today\u003c\/i\u003e provides an invaluable introduction to and an overview of these concerns and controversies. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough the field is increasingly interdisciplinary in nature, the emphasis is primarily a sociological one since sociology continues to play a central role in the development of disability studies. Whilst the focus is primarily on theoretical innovation and advancement, the arguments presented in this book have important political and policy implications for both disabled and non-disabled people. Moreover, since disability studies, like ethnic, women's and gay and lesbian studies, has developed from a position of engagement and activism rather than one of detachment, the articles in this volume maintain this tradition. The book contains contributions from established figures, as well as newcomers to the field. Topics covered include: the history of the development of disability studies in Britain and America, key ideas, issues and thinkers, the role of the body, divisions and hierarchies, history, power and identity, work, politics and the disabled peoples' movement, globalization, human rights, research and the role of the academy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will prove invaluable to scholars, researchers, students and policy makers and, indeed, all those involved in this increasingly important area of social enquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributors. \u003cp\u003eChapter 1.Introduction: \u003ci\u003eColin Barnes, Mike Oliver and Len Barton.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2.American Pragmatism, Sociology and the Development of Disability studies: \u003ci\u003eGary Albrecht\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3.Disability Theory: Key Ideas, Issues and Thinkers: \u003ci\u003eCarol Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4.Disability and the Body: \u003ci\u003eBill Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5.Theorizing Divisions and Hierarchies: Towards Commonality or Diversity: \u003ci\u003eAyeshea Vernon and John Swain\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6.History, Power and Identity: \u003ci\u003eAnne Borsay\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7.Work, Disabled People and European Social Theory: \u003ci\u003ePaul Abberley\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8.Shooting for the Moon - Disability and Politics at the Millennium: \u003ci\u003ePhil Lee\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Academic Debates and Political Advocacy: the US Disability Movement: \u003ci\u003eHarlan Hahn\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Globalisation and Disability: \u003ci\u003eChris Holden and Peter Beresford\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11.Disability and Globalising the Concept of Human Rights: \u003ci\u003eMarcia Rioux\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Re-viewing Disability Research\u003ci\u003e: Geof Mercer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Disability, the Academy and the Inclusive Society: \u003ci\u003eColin Barnes, Mike Oliver and Len Barton.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406586147096,"sku":"9780745626567","price":45.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745626567.jpg?v=1784140452","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/disability-studies-today-hardback-9780745626567","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}