Studying disability : multiple theories and responses /

DePoy, Elizabeth.

Studying disability : multiple theories and responses / Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen French Gilson. - Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, ©2011. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations -- Looking back : ancient Greece through the 19th century -- Disability in the 20th and 21st centuries : medical condition, construction, or commodity -- The descriptive element of explanatory legitimacy -- Explanations introduced -- Longitudinal explanations -- Environmental explanations -- Categorical explanations -- Systems explanations -- Contemporary and emerging explanations -- Legitimacy : what is it? -- Who is a legitimate category member? -- Legitimate humanities responses -- Legitimate social science responses -- Legitimate professional responses -- Integrative academic-professional stance through disjuncture theory -- A model of community legitimacy : creating human-environment juncture.

Presenting a fully integrative text covering disability from a variety of disciplines, this book reviews existing theories then sets forth a new viewpoint that incorporates elements from disability studies, sociology, human services, rehabilitation counseling, and public health.


English.

9781452215693 (electronic bk.) 1452215693 (electronic bk.) 9781452275260 (ebook) 1452275262 (ebook) 9781412975766 141297576X

9781452215693 Ingram Content Group

2010005923

017430888 Uk


Disability studies.
People with disabilities.
Social perception.
Disabled Persons
Social Perception
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Congenital Abnormalities--rehabilitation
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Études sur le handicap.
Personnes handicapées.
Perception sociale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--People with Disabilities.
Disability studies.
Behinderung.
Behinderter.
Forschung.
Theorie.
Funktionshinder--teori, filosofi.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

HV1568.2 / .D467 2011

362.4

2011 C-332 HV 1568.2

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