Disability Studies - An Interdisciplinary Introduction

This updated edition of what is becoming a classic text in the field of disability studies shows us how disability can challenge our thinking and help us to imagine a more inclusive society, offering an instructive and engaging introduction to a diverse and globally expanding subject.  

 

List of contents

Part 1 - Contextualising Disability
Chapter 1 - Understanding Disability
Chapter 2 - Disability Studies
Chapter 3 - Critical Disability Studies
Chapter 4 - Disability and Society
Chapter 5 - Researching Disability
Part 2 - Investigating Disability
Chapter 6 - Disability and Intersectionality
Chapter 7 - Disability and Health
Chapter 8- Disability Activism
Chapter 9 - Disability Online
Chapter 10 - Disability and Education
Chapter 11 - Conclusion

About the author

Dan Goodley is Professor of Disability Studies and Education at the University of Sheffield and co-director of iHuman: an interdisciplinary institute for the study of the human. Previously he has worked at the University of Leeds and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published numerous books and articles associated with critical disability studies including Self-advocacy in the Lives of People with learning disabilities (Open University Press, 2000), Disability Studies (Routledge, 2016, second edition), Disability Studies (Sage, 2014) and Disability and Other Human Questions (Emerald, 2020). He is currently the principal investigator on a major six year pan-national programme of disability, health and science research, funded by a Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award entitled Disability Matters (2023 - 2029). He is an avid fan of Nottingham Forest football club, cake, sewing and Sleaford Mods (possibly in that order). 

Product details

• Authors: Dan Goodley, Goodley Dan
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2025
• EAN: 9781529682281
• ISBN: 978-1-5296-8228-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Rehabilitation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Disability: social aspects, Sociology & anthropology, Social attitudes, Ethical issues and debates