Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies, Hardback Book

Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies Hardback

Edited by Nick Watson, Alan Roulstone, Carol (University of Lancaster, UK) Thomas

Hardback

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

This fully revised and expanded second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies takes a multidisciplinary approach to disability and provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the main issues in the field around the world today.

Adopting an international perspective and arranged thematically, it surveys the state of the discipline, examining emerging and cutting-edge areas as well as core areas of contention. Divided in five parts, this comprehensive handbook covers:Different models and approaches to disabilityHow key impairment groups have engaged with disability studies and the writings within the disciplinePolicy and legislation responses to disability studies and to disability activismDisability studies and its interaction with other disciplines, such as history, philosophy, sport, and science and technology studiesDisability studies and different life experiences, examining how disability and disability studies intersects with ethnicity, sexuality, gender, childhood and ageingContaining 15 revised chapters and 12 new chapters from an international selection of leading scholars, this authoritative handbook is an invaluable reference for all academics, researchers, and more advanced students in disability studies and associated disciplines such as sociology, health studies and social work. Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Information

£210.00

Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information