Studying disability : multiple theories and responses

• Main Authors: DePoy, Elizabeth, 1950- (Author), Gilson, Stephen French (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2011]
• Subjects: invalidita > mezioborový kontext; sociální práce; sociální problémy; sociologické teorie; disability > interdisciplinary context; social work; social problems; sociological theories; monografie; monographs

Table of Contents:

• Foundations
• Looking back : ancient Greece through the 19th century
• Disability in the 20th and 21st centuries : medical condition, construction, or commodity
• The descriptive element of explanatory legitimacy
• Explanations introduced
• Longitudinal explanations
• Environmental explanations
• Categorical explanations
• Systems explanations
• Contemporary and emerging explanations
• Legitimacy : what is it?
• Who is a legitimate category member?
• Legitimate humanities responses
• Legitimate social science responses
• Legitimate professional responses
• Integrative academic-professional stance through disjuncture theory
• A model of community legitimacy : creating human-environment juncture