Approaching Disability - Critical Issues and Perspectives

Disability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define 'disability' and establish personal and collective responses to difference.

List of contents

1. Approaching disability: foundational perspectives 2. Approaching disability: global perspectives 3. Critical perspectives on disability and childhood 4. Critical perspectives on disability and culture 5. Critical perspectives on disability and history 6. Critical perspectives on disability and identity politics 7. Critical issues: researching disabled children in the social world 8. Critical issues: Theorising Bodies in the Social World 9. Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Future Directions

About the author

Rebecca Mallett is Senior Lecturer in Education and Disability Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Katherine Runswick-Cole is Senior Research Fellow in Disability Studies and Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Summary

Disability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define 'disability' and establish personal and collective responses to difference.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Mallett, Rebecca (Sheffield Hallam University Mallett, Mallett Rebecca, Katherine Runswick-Cole, Runswick-Cole Katherine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2014
• EAN: 9780415735896
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73589-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; EDUCATION / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Philosophy and theory of education