In this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to paint a vivid picture of both the practical challenges of disablement and the theoretical understandings of disability. This approachable text is core reading for social work, nursing, health and social care and social science students taking modules in disability.
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'Mike Oliver's work has had an enormous influence on our understanding of disablement in society...The book should prove useful and enlightening to disabled and non-disabled people alike...written in the clear, concise and honest style characteristic of Mike Oliver's work...it makes a valuable contribution to the debates about our understanding of disability and the position of disabled people in society.' - Gerry Zarb, Policy Studies
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MICHAEL OLIVER was the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom. He is also the author of the pathbreaking The Politics of Disablement (1990).
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This opening chapter will be an attempt for me to understand retrospectively the development of my own personal and political consciousness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rehabilitation enterprise, personal tragedy theory, disability movement, physically impaired people, more disabled people, other disabled people, many disabled people, conductive education, disabling barriers, collective empowerment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Education Act, Disability Alliance, Second World War, Political Understanding, Vic Finkelstein, National Assistance Act, Bob Dylan, Disabilities Act, Open University, South Africa, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Wallach Balogh New!
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This opening chapter will be an attempt for me to understand retrospectively the development of my own personal and political consciousness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rehabilitation enterprise, personal tragedy theory, disability movement, physically impaired people, more disabled people, other disabled people, many disabled people, conductive education, disabling barriers, collective empowerment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Education Act, Disability Alliance, Second World War, Political Understanding, Vic Finkelstein, National Assistance Act, Bob Dylan, Disabilities Act, Open University, South Africa, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Wallach Balogh New!
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- Disability And Dependency (Disability, Handicap and Life Chances Series) by Len Barton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Index
- The Politics of Disablement: A Sociological Approach (Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State) by Michael Oliver in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Citizenship and Social Class (Pluto Perspectives) by Trevor Marshall on page 53, and Back Matter
- SOCIAL WORK: DISABLD PEOPLECL (Research Highlights in Social Work Series No 21) by Oliver M in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Social Work with Disabled People, Third Edition (BASW Practical Social Work) by Michael Oliver in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Disability Studies Today by Colin Barnes on 9 pages
- Sociology of Health and Health Care 3e by Steve Taylor on page 40, and page 134
- Female Forms (Disability, Human Rights, and Society) by Carol Thomas on page 121, and Back Matter
- Growing Up with Disability (Research Highlights in Social Work) by Carol Robinson on page 27, and page 95
- Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health (Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs) by Joan Busfield on page 55, and page 56
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