Exploring theories and expanding methodologies where we are and where we need to go

• Other Authors: Barnartt, Sharon N., Altman, Barbara Mandell
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Research in social science and disability ; v. 2.
• Subjects: Disability studies.; Sociology of disability.; People with disabilities.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849501026; 1849501025; 0762307730; 9780762307739
• ISSN: 1479-3547 ;
• DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3547(2001)2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 281 p.)

This volume of "Research in Social Science and Disability" focuses attention on the dual themes of theory and methodology that must form a basis for studies of impairment and disability. It addresses issues that include: critiques of current concepts of disability; the fit between sociolog...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: exploring theories and expanding methodologies; where we are and where we need to go
• The social model of disability: an outdated ideology?
• The conceptualization of disability
• Using role theory to describe disability
• Definitions of disability, and their operationalization, and measurement in survey data: an update
• Examining the fit between deafness and disability
• Methodological issues in the measurement of persons with disabilities
• Measures of functional limitations: the effects of person-level vs. household-level questionnaire design
• Inclusion of disabled populations in interview surveys: review and recommendations
• Interpretive research and people with intellectual disabilities: politics and practicalities
• Problems of methodology in cross-cultural disability studies: an Indian immigrant example
• Content analysis methodology for studying news and disability: case studies from the United States and England
• Case study method for research on disability.