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Author Barnes, Colin, 1946-

Title Disability / Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer
Published Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Publishers, 2003

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 MELB  362.4 Bar/Dis  AVAILABLE
Description vi, 186 pages ; 23 cm
Series Key concepts
Key concepts (Polity Press)
Contents Disability: a choice of models -- Disabling societies: domination and oppression -- Social oppression: patterns and social divisions -- Impairment, disability and the body -- Culture, media and representation -- The politics of disability: breaking down the barriers? -- Disability and development: global perspectives
Summary "This will be essential reading for those studying sociology, social policy, social work, health studies, disability studies, and those in the therapy and nursing professions."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Sociology of disability.
People with disabilities.
Disabled Persons [MESH]
Disabled Persons.
Author Mercer, G. (Geoffrey)
LC no. 2002007084
ISBN 0745625088
0745625096 paperback