Understanding Disability Policies

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Understanding Disability Policies
Author : Robert F. Drake
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Language : English
Release Date : 08 February 1999
ISBN : 9781349273119
Pages : 248 pages
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Understanding Disability Policies by Robert F. Drake Book PDF Summary

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.

Understanding Disability Policies

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