Controversial Issues In A Disabling Society

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-335-23292-5
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

At its best Disability Studies is an arena of critical debate addressing controversial issues concerning, not just the meaning of disability, but the nature of society, dominant values, quality of life, and even the right to live. Indeed, Disability Studies is itself the subject of controversy, in terms of its theoretical basis and who controls courses and research and whether it should be shaped and controlled by disabled academics or grassroots activists. Within these debates, generated by the social model of disability, are fundamental challenges to policy, provision and professional practice that are directly relevant to all who work with disabled people, whether in the field of social work, health or education.

Controversial Issues in a Disabling Society has been written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate. It has been designed for use with students in group discussion, and to support in-depth study on a variety of professional courses. It covers a wide range of specific, substantive issues within Disability Studies in a series of succinct chapters. Each chapter sets a question for debate, places the key issues in context and presents a particular argument. This is an accessible and engaging book which challenges dominant positions and ideologies from a social model viewpoint of disability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swain, John

French, Sally

Cameron, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's preface
Introduction
enabling questions
Part one: Foundations
What's in a name?
Whose model?
What is Disability Studies?
Part two: Values and ideologies
Controlling life?
A dividing society?
Celebrating difference?
What's so good about independence?
Will you put your hand in your pocket?
Whose body?
Part three: Policy, provision and practice
Policy
is inclusion better than integration?
Provision
who needs special needs?
Practice
are professionals parasites?
Policy, provision and practice
care or control?
Politics
where does change come from?
Conclusion
enabling or disabling globalisation?
Bibliography
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Johh Swain is Reader in Disability Studies and Principal Lecturer in Research, in the Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Sally French is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, London.

Colin Cameron is a freelance disability equality trainer and consultant, providing training and teaching for organizations in south east Scotland, including Lothian Centre for Integrated Living, the City of Edinburgh Social Work Department and the University of Edinburgh.