Disability Studies - Sociology

Although efforts have been made to integrate disability into the discourse analysis and conversation analysis canon, the link between the two fields needs to be strengthened. This ground-breaking volume contributes to this link by thoroughly applying the analytical vocabulary of discourse analysis t..

This book provides a reading of the performing aspects of classical music in the context of the disabled body, conceptualising disability in music as valuable difference and diversity rather than as a deficit and an endpoint...

Drawing on ten years of in-depth empirical research, this book shows that austerity is the continuum of neoliberal restructuring that has been re-regulating disability since the early 1970s. It argues that disability has become a central category of socio-political economic concern with the global e..

This book examines the commodification of labour and overvaluation of economic efficiency along with its influence on disability policy and disabled people. It illuminates continuities between state socialism and postsocialist capitalism, providing a broad critique of contemporary neoliberalism and ..

This groundbreaking text makes an intervention on behalf of disability studies into the broad field of qualitative inquiry. Ronald Berger and Laura Lorenz introduce readers to a range of issues involved in doing qualitative research on disabilities by bringing together a collection of scholarly work..

This is the first book to explore how far disability, as a social identity, challenges dominant understandings of rurality, identity and belonging. Exploring particularly the ways in which bodies are given meaning and value in relation to core ethical rural considerations associated with physical st..

Disability and Social Media..

Disability and Social Media..

This book provides the reader with a ground-breaking understanding of disability and social movements. By describing how disability is philosophically, historically, and theoretically positioned, Carling-Jenkins is able to then examine disability relationally through an evaluation of the contributio..

Combines policy, practice and theory in its presentation of recent developments in disability studies. This unique book brings together key figures in the field, synthesising the work of both able-bodied and disabled contributors to assess the recent history, current practice and key issues in a rap..

Combines policy, practice and theory in its presentation of recent developments in disability studies. This unique book brings together key figures in the field, synthesising the work of both able-bodied and disabled contributors to assess the recent history, current practice and key issues in a rap..

This collection from Disability & Society provides an exploration of the place of technology in disabled people’s lives, documenting and analysing the growing impact of technology on disability and society in recent decades...