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A long awaited new edition of Dan Goodley's acclaimed introduction to disability studies. A critical, multidisciplinary text used by students and researchers across the social sciences.Passionate, engaging and challenging, this second edition of the ground-breaking Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction is a contemporary introduction to this diverse and complex field.

 

Taking an interdisciplinary and critical approach, the book:

 

examines a diverse range of theories and perspectives and engages with current debates in the field

explores key areas of analysis, with chapters devoted to the individual, society, community and education

applies a global perspective encompassing examples from the UK, Australia, Scandinavia, the US, and Canada.

 

Encouraging and stimulating readers using thought-provoking questions, exercises and activities, Disability Studies is a rich and rewarding read for students and researchers engaging with disability across the social sciences.

 

Contents:

Preface: Introducing a new edition

Beginnings: Conceptualising disability in a global world

Politics: Key debates and contestations in disability studies

Differences: Disability, gender, race, sexuality and social class

Society: Towards a sociology of disability

Individuals: The psychological manufacture of the disabled individual

Subjectivity: Finding critical psychologies of disability

Discourse: Exposing the constitution of dis/ability and impairment

Community: A DisHuman analysis of life, labour and activism

Education: Challenging neoliberal-ableist education through critical pedagogy

Futures: Four approaches and three key themes of critical disability studies

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