Disability and Community: 6 (Research in Social Science and Disability, 6) - Hardcover

 
9780857247995: Disability and Community: 6 (Research in Social Science and Disability, 6)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0857247999 ISBN 13: 9780857247995
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011

Synopsis

This volume of "Research in Social Science and Disability" brings together interdisciplinary scholarship to examine a wide array of issues related to disability and community, a topic of critical importance academically and politically. The evolving and politically contested notions of community sit at the centre of much of the recent research on disability and, as researchers both create and reflect various ideas of membership when defining "disability" and aggregating individuals, their methodological decisions have significant implications for how we come to understand disability and community. This volume also examines a wide range of social institutions and practices such as education, employment, and cultural venues and the extent to which and how they include people with disabilities in the workings of these institutions. It includes research framed by a variety of theoretical perspectives and research methodologies and offers innovative ways to envision inclusive communities and, therefore, enables us to consider how to move forward to create them.

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About the Author

Richard K. Scotch is professor of sociology and political economy in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0857247999
ISBN 13 
9780857247995
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
305
Editor
Scotch Richard K., Carey Allison C.