Exploring theories and expanding methodologies where we are and where we need to go /

• Other Authors: Barnartt, Sharon N., Altman, Barbara Mandell
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in social science and disability ; v. 2.
• Subjects: Disability studies.; Sociology of disability.; People with disabilities.; Disability: social aspects.; Social Science > People with Disabilities.; Health & Fitness > General.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 281 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781849501026 (electronic bk.) : 1849501025 (electronic bk.) :
• ISSN: 1479-3547 ;

This volume of "Research in Social Science and Disability" focuses attention on the dual themes of theory and methodology that must form a basis for studies of impairment and disability. It addresses issues that include: critiques of current concepts of disability; the fit between sociological role theory and the concept of disability; the operationalization of different definitions of disability; conducting surveys with people with impairments; and, the reliability and utility of several qualitative research methodologies as applied to impairment and disability. Overall, the papers in this volume represent the beginning of a resurgence of interest in social science theories and methodologies within the study of impairment and disability.