Sociology of Disability and Inclusive Education

Name: Sociology of Disability and Inclusive Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Sociology of Disability and Inclusive EducationA Tribute to Len Barton\nAuthor(s): Madeleine Arnot\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138110878, 978-1138110878\nSynopsis\nLen Bartons intellectual and practical contribution to the sociology of disability and education is highly significant and widely known. The leading scholars in this collection, including his long term collaborators, offer both a celebration and a reassessment of this contribution, addressing the challenge that the social model of disability has presented to dominant medicalised concepts, categories and practices, and their power to define the identity and the lives of others. At the same time the authors build upon some of the key themes that are woven through Len Bartons work, such as his call for a politics of hope.\n\nThis collection explores a wide range of topics, including: \n\ndifference as a field of political struggle\n\nthe relatio.