Medical sociologists and sociologists of disability study similar topics but, because of
competing or conflicting theoretical paradigms, tend to arrive at different conclusions …

This book critically compares conflicting perspectives and overlapping themes within the
study of disability and illness across recent decades. With fresh interpretation of traditional …

The proposal in this article is that the time is ripe for a distinct sociology of disability to come
into being as a new sub-discipline within mainstream sociology. This sociology of disability …

Disability remains on the margins of the social sciences. Even where disability is
foregrounded as a category of analysis, accounts regularly emerge in silos, with little …

This chapter sets out the relationship between the enterprise of sociology and the
emergence of theorising about disability. It provides a framework to audit the state of that …

Disability benefits have become an increasingly prominent source of cash assistance for
impoverished American citizens over the past two decades. This development coincided …

New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions: Assaults on the
lifeworld Page 1 new directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions …

Disabled people experience profound discrimination and social disadvantage, but this has
not generated substantial interest among mainstream sociologists. Barnes, Mercer and …

T IS SOMETHING OF A CLICHÉ to say that we are living in a period of rapid social change.
Yet it seems clear that a fundamental process of cultural as well as economic and social …

Disability 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 …