Disability policy and practice: applying the social model

Editors:
BARNES Colin, MERCER Geof, (eds.)
Publisher:
Disability Press
Publication year:
2004
Pagination:
216p.
Place of publication:
Leeds

This book contains thirteen chapters on the application of social model inspired thinking to social policy in Britain. The contributors raise a range of important issues and concerns central to theorising and researching disability policy and practice spanning employment, housing, higher education with examples from England, Scotland, and Wales, social ‘care’, independent living and leisure and social relations. Together they provide ample evidence of the continuing relevance of debates emanating from the social model of disability within disability studies and related disciplines. This book will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, professionals, disabled people and lay audiences with an interest in disability issues and the on going struggle for a more equitable and just society.

Subject terms:
higher education, housing, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, policy, social model, social work theories, employment;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
United Kingdom
ISBN print:
0 9528450 9 1

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