Contributions

  • Barnartt, Sharon N - Contributor
  • Altman, Barbara Mandell - Contributor

Publication

2001 - JAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

70,250 words, Guess

Page Count

281 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780762307739
  • ISBN-100762307730
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001029940
  • OCLC Control Number46951212
  • Better World Books9780762307739
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHV1568.2 .E97 2001
  • LCCHV1568.2.E97 2001

Description

Research in all areas of social science must have theoretical and empirical underpinnings; this volume's intention is to examine those underpinnings as they relate to the study of disability from a social science perspective. One of the reasons for the need to examine these underpinnings comes from the displeasure, frequently expressed by disability scholars and activists, about the quality of research relating to disability. This displeasure spans the gamut from the models used, the research questions asked, the vocabulary used, to analyses, results and ethical abuses. Some activists are demanding a say in what research is done as well as how it is done. They are demanding control over how their bodies and minds are used in research; they are also attempting to wrest control from researchers who don't understand disability or who don't share their interpretation of it.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Research in social science and disability -- v. 2

Other Editions

  • Exploring theories and expanding methodologies: where we are and where we need to goJAI2001-01-01

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