Disability and Social Change

A South African Agenda

• Author(s): Brian Watermeyer,
• Publisher: HSRC Press
• Pages: 417
• ISBN_10: 0796921377
  ISBN_13: 9780796921376
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / AIDS & HIV , Medical / Public Health , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Security , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / People with Disabilities ,

Description:... This powerful volume represents the broadest engagement with disability issues in South Africa yet. Themes include theoretical approaches to, and representations of, disability; governmental and civil society responses to disability issues; aspects of education as these pertain to the oppression/liberation of disabled people; social security for disabled people; the complex politics permeating service provision relationships; and a consideration of disability in relation to human spaces - physical, economic and philosophical. Firmly located within the social model of disability, this collection resonates powerfully with contemporary thinking and research in the disability field and sets a new benchmark for cutting-edge debates in a transforming South Africa.