European Sociology, Differently Abled & Disabled Persons - Social Sciences

Sociologies Of Disability And Illness

Name: Sociologies Of Disability And Illness
Author: Carol Thomas
ISBN: 9781403936363

by Carol Thomas

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Overview

How is disability understood as a social phenomenon? Cutting across a disciplinary divide, this text offers a vibrant account of conflicting perspectives on disability and chronic illness. Through a careful examination of the historical development of perspectives in both disability studies and medical sociology, Thomas provides students and practitioners with a solid and contemporary understanding of common themes, overlaps and divergences between the two fields. The 'social oppression' and 'social deviance' paradigms are carefully compared, alongside debates on current issues including care and dependency, the body, and the lived experience of disability. Whilst the fracture between disability studies and medical sociology is made clear, the author also considers the possibilities for a unified sociology of disability. Sociologies of Disability and Illness provides an original analysis of hotly contested topics and debates. It offers a new, distinctive interpretation of theoretical traditions on disability and chronic illness, and is essential reading for all students of medical sociology and disability studies.

About the Author:
Carol Thomas is Reader in Sociology at the Institute for Social Research, Lancaster University

Synopsis

The fields of medical sociology and disability studies are well known for their conflicting views on disability and illness, and this lively text provides a fresh and original analysis of this hotly contested debate.

About the Author, Carol Thomas

CAROL THOMAS is Reader in Sociology at the Institute for Social Research, Lancaster University. She is known for her publications in disability studies and medical sociology. She is the author of Female Forms: Experiencing and Understanding Disability (1999).