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

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Barnartt, Sharon N., Altman, Barbara Mandell
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed.
• Σειρά: Research in social science and disability ; v. 2.
• Θέματα: Disability studies.; Sociology of disability.; People with disabilities.; Disability: social aspects.; Social Science > People with Disabilities.; Health & Fitness > General.

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 sociolog...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: exploring theories and expanding methodologies; where we are and where we need to go
• The social model of disability: an outdated ideology?
• The conceptualization of disability
• Using role theory to describe disability
• Definitions of disability, and their operationalization, and measurement in survey data: an update
• Examining the fit between deafness and disability
• Methodological issues in the measurement of persons with disabilities
• Measures of functional limitations: the effects of person-level vs. household-level questionnaire design
• Inclusion of disabled populations in interview surveys: review and recommendations
• Interpretive research and people with intellectual disabilities: politics and practicalities
• Problems of methodology in cross-cultural disability studies: an Indian immigrant example
• Content analysis methodology for studying news and disability: case studies from the United States and England
• Case study method for research on disability.