Colin Barnes & Geof Mercer 
Exploring Disability [EPUB ebook] 

The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes. Since the book’s initial publication, there has been an expansion of interest in disability in the social sciences, and disability has come to play an increasingly prominent role in political debates. The new edition takes account of all these developments, and also gives greater emphasis to global issues in order to reflect the increasing and intensifying interdependence of nation states in the twenty-first century.

The authors examine, amongst other issues, the changing nature of the concept of disability, key debates in the sociology of health and illness, the politicisation of disability, social policy, and the cultural and media representation of disability. As well as providing an excellent overview of the literature in the area, the book develops an understanding of disability that has implications for both sociology and society.

The second edition of Exploring Disability will be indispensable for students across the social sciences, and in health and social care, who really want to understand the issues facing disabled people and disabling societies.

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Acknowledgements
Preface to the Second Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction: Analysing Disability
Chapter 2. Competing Models and Approaches
Chapter 3. Sociological Approaches to Chronic Illness and Disability
Chapter 4. Theories of Disability
Chapter 5. Social Exclusion and Disabling Barriers
Chapter 6. Routes to Independent Living
Chapter 7. Politics and Disability Politics
Chapter 8. Culture, the Media and Identity
Chapter 9. Disability and the Right to Life
Chapter 10. Disability and Development: Global Perspectives
Bibliography

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Colin Barnes is Professor of Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds and Visiting Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Halmstad, Sweden
Geof Mercer is a former Reader in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds.