Overcoming Disabling Barriers: 18 Years of Disability and Society

Compiled by the current editors of the journal, it is divided into three sections which mirror the three central themes:

• disability studies – clearly illustrates the debates and challenges that have emerged within the field over the last two decades
• policy – offers a snapshot of social policy that has impinged on the lives of disabled people in many parts of the world
• research issues – reveals the inequalities between disabled and non-disabled people and the advocacy of new methods and research practices.

The editors’ specially written introduction to each section contextualises the selection and introduces students to the main issues and current thinking in the field. Altogether this book is a rich source of ideas and insights covering conceptual, theoretical, empirical and cross-cultural issues and questions.