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Understanding Disability Michael Oliver

Understanding Disability By Michael Oliver

Understanding Disability by Michael Oliver


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Summary

A development of some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen since the mid-1970s. By relating these developments to the author's own biography throughout this time, this text challenges the personal and social perceptions of disability.

Understanding Disability Summary

Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice by Michael Oliver

Mike Oliver's work has had an enormous influence on our understanding of disablement in society...The book should prove useful and enlightening to disabled and non-disabled people alike...written in the clear, concise and honest style characteristic of Mike Oliver's work...it makes a valuable contribution to the debates about our understanding of disability and the position of disabled people in society.' Gerry Zarb, Policy Studies;Understanding Disability develops some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen in the last twenty years, offering both a personal journey of exploration and understanding and an attempt to take further our theoretical understanding of disability.

Table of Contents

From Personal Struggle to Political Understanding - Fundamental Principles of Disability - The Social Model in Context - Citizenship, Welfare and Community Care - Social Policy and Welfare: From Needs to Rights - Education for All? Rehabilitating Society - The World of Disability - Understanding the Hegemony of Disability - Disability, Politics and Citizenship - Intellectuals and the Disability Movement

Additional information

GOR001695112
9780333599167
0333599160
Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice by Michael Oliver
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
19951113
202
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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