Previous edition: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-264) and index.

About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- 1. Beginnings: Conceptualising disability in a global world -- 2. Politics: Key debates and contestations in disability studies -- 3. Differences: Disability, gender, race, sexuality and social class -- 4. Society: Towards a sociology of disability -- 5. Individuals: The psychological manufacture of the disabled individual -- 6. Subjectivity: Finding critical psychologies of disability -- 7. Discourse: Exposing the constitution of dis/ability and impairment -- 8. Community: A Dishuman analysis of life, labour and activism -- 9. Education: Challenging neoliberal-ableist education through critical pedagogy -- 10. Futures: Four approaches and three key themes of critical disability studies -- References -- Index.

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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.