Disability

by Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer

Book Overview

For most of the twentieth century, people with disabilities have been regarded as 'victims' of their condition and a 'burden' on society. More recently, however, disabled people and their organizations across Europe and North America have challenged conventional explanations for their individual and collective disadvantage, calling for policy measures to change the image and status of disabled people in the Western world. In this new book, Barnes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YWF5PM
• ISBN13: 9780745625096
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"