Handbook of disability studies

Print version:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: The Formation of Disability Studies ; Part I

The Shaping of Disability Studies as a Field; Chapter 1

An Institutional History of Disability ; Chapter 2

Counting Disability ; Chapter 3

Disability Definitions, Models, Classification Schemes, and Applications ; Chapter 4

Theorizing Disability ; Chapter 5

Methodological Paradigms That Shape Disability Research ; Chapter 6

Disability: An Interactive Person-Environment Social Creation. Chapter 7

Representation and Its Discontents: The Uneasy Home of Disability in Literature and FilmChapter 8

Philosophical Issues in the Definition and Social Response to Disability; Chapter 9

Disability and the Sociology of the Body; Chapter 10

Intellectual Disabilities-Quo Vadis?; Chapter 11

Disability, Bioethics, and Human Rights; Chapter 12

Disability Studies and Electronic Networking; Part II

Experiencing Disability; Chapter 13

Divided Understandings: The Social Experience of Disability. Chapter 14

Mapping the Family: Disability Studies and the Exploration of Parental Response to DisabilityChapter 15

Disability and Community: A Sociological Approach; Chapter 16

Welfare States and Disabled People; Chapter 17

Advocacy and Political Action; Chapter 18

Health Care Professionals and Their Attitudes toward Decisions Affecting Disabled People; Chapter 19

The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Persons with Disabilities; Chapter 20

Inclusion/Exclusion: An Analysis of Historical and Cultural Meanings; Part III

Disability in Context. Chapter 21

Disability Culture: Assimilation or Inclusion?Chapter 22

Identity Politics, Disability, and Culture; Chapter 23

Making the Difference: Disability, Politics, and Recognition; Chapter 24

Disability Human Rights, Law, and Policy; Chapter 25

The Political Economy of the Disability Marketplace; Chapter 26

Disability and Health Policy: The Role of Markets in the Delivery of Health Services; Chapter 27

Disability Benefit Programs: Can We Improve the Return-to-Work Record? Chapter 28

A Disability Studies Perspective on Employment Issues and Policies for Disabled People: An International ViewChapter 29

Science and Technology Policy: Is Disability a Missing Factor?; Chapter 30

Disability, Education, and Inclusion: Cross-Cultural Issues and Dilemmas; Chapter 31

Support Systems: The Interface between Individuals and Environments; Chapter 32

The Relationship between Disabled People and Health and Welfare Professionals; Chapter 33

Public Health Trends in Disability: Past, Present, and Future; Chapter 34

Disability in the Developing World; Author Index