Disability
By: Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer.
Contributors: Mercer, G.
Series: Key concepts; Key concepts (Polity Press)
Publisher: Polity Press; Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Sociology of disability.; People with disabilities.
Description: "This will be essential reading for those studying sociology, social policy, social work, health studies, disability studies, and those in the therapy and nursing professions."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: Disability: a choice of models; title: Disabling societies: domination and oppression; title: Social oppression: patterns and social divisions; title: Impairment, disability and the body; title: Culture, media and representation; title: The politics of disability: breaking down the barriers?; title: Disability and development: global perspectives.