Disability: Controversial Debates and Psychosocial Perspectives - Hardcover

Marks, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415162025 ISBN 13: 9780415162029

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Deborah Marks examines current theories and practices relating to disability. The focus of the work is not disabled people as 'objects' of study but rather an analysis of disability as it has been historically and culturally constructed and psychically experienced. The chapters cover:
* language and discourse
* the disabled people's movement
* the 'disability' professions
* public policy
* unconscious investments and interpersonal relationships
* knowledge and the politics of disability.

This text will be essential reading for students on the growing number of Disability Studies courses, as well as students, policy-makers and professionals in social policy, social work, cultural studies and nursing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Examines current theories and practices relating to disability in 1999. The focus of the work is not disabled people as "objects" of study but rather an analysis of disability as it has been historically and culturally constructed. The chapters cover: language and discourse; the Disabled People's Movement; the "disability" professions; public policy; unconscious investments and interpersonal relationships; knowledge and the politics of disability. The text should be of value to students on the growing number of Disability Studies courses, as well as students, policy-makers and professionals in social policy, social work and nursing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415162025
• ISBN 13: 9780415162029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234