Disability and Critical Sociology

Expanding the Boundaries of Critical Social Inquiry

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ID2370138
AuthorsHelen Meekosha (The University of New South Wales, Australia), Russell Shuttleworth (Deakin University), Karen Soldatic (0000-0001-8139-2912, The University of New South Wales, Australia)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue3
Pages319-323
Publication date2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920512471220
OpenAlexW2074076839
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited10

n\t\t\t\t\tDisability in the 21st century constitutes a legitimate and growing area of study in the academy. Interdisciplinary by nature, the origins of disability studies can be traced directly to social movements of disabled people organizing to define disability as a social rather than a medical problem. In the US, disabled sociologists such as Irv Zola, a leader in the American Sociology Association, were key figures in the field’s formative years. In Britain, sociologists such as Mike Oliver (1990) and Colin Barnes, both founding members of the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People (BCODP) used the social model to bridge the divide between disability studies and sociology (Barnes et al., 1999). Disability studies is now a growth area in the social sciences, the humanities and a host of other disciplines operating across the North/South divide.\n\t\t\t\t

Critical theory · Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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