Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies

by Watson; Nick

• ISBN13: 9780415574006
• ISBN10: 0415574005
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A detailed and up-to-date overview, the Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies provides an authoritative overview of the main issues in the field around the world today. Consisting entirely of newly commissioned chapters and arranged thematically, it surveys the state of the discipline, examining emerging and cutting edge areas as well as core areas of contention.ãDivided in five sections, this comprehensive handbook covers:Different models and approaches to disability studiesHow five key impairment groups have engaged with disability studies and the writings within the disciplinePolicy and legislation responses to disability studies and its activismDisability studies and its interaction with other disciplines, such as history, philosophy and science and technology studiesDisability studies and different life experiences, such as ethnicity, sexuality, gender and ageing.Containing chapters from an international selection of leading scholars, this up-to-date handbook is an invaluable reference for all academics, researchers and more advanced students in disability studies and associated disciplines such as sociology, health studies and social work.