Understanding Disability Policies

Understanding Disability Policies
ISBN-10
1349273112
ISBN-13
9781349273119
Category
Political Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1999-02-08
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Robert F. Drake

Description

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disability policies, contrasting policies grounded in medical definitions of disability with a 'social model' of disability supported by disability rights campaigners in their pursuit of anti-discrimination legislation. British policies are set in comparative context, and the impacts of policy on disabled people according to their class, gender, age and ethnicity are explored.

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