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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the wide range and depth of sociological theory and research on disability-brought together for the first time in one volume. Each section of the Handbook incorporates a uniquely sociological perspective, presented by a wide-range of experts on intersecting social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of disability, that complements disability scholarship. The 37 chapters in this Handbook, organized into three major sections, provide an assessment of the history of the field, its current state, and the future for research on and in the sociology of disability.
The first section reviews frameworks foundational to the study of disability, pushes for the inclusion of broader global perspectives, and addresses important dimensions of representation. The second section presents a combination of perspectives that tie together individual biography, societal contexts, and historic change, while emphasizing continuity and change in the dynamic processes linking individuals, institutions, and structures over time. In the third section, contributors investigate the reproduction of inequality through law, policy, and related institutions and systems, while highlighting how social and political participation empowers people with disabilities and helps to mitigate inequalities and social marginalization. The chapters included in this volume offer a multifaceted resource for students and experienced scientists alike on historical developments, main standards, key issues, and current challenges in the sociological study of disability at the global, national, and regional levels.
Contents
Introduction
1. Introduction: A New Direction in the Sociology of Disability
Robyn Lewis Brown, Michelle Maroto, and David Pettinicchio
Section I: Defining, Measuring, and Understanding Disability
Part I. Understanding, Theorizing, and Studying Disability
2. Frameworks, Models, Theories, and Experiences for Understanding Disability
Tom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson
3. Sociological Perspectives on Disability
Laura Mauldin
4. Feminist Perspectives on Disability, Impairment, and Ableness
Vera Chouinard
5. The Able Body and the Pursuit of Power
Bill Hughes
6. Contextualizing Disability Experiences: Understanding and Measuring How the Environment Influences Disability
Kenzie Latham-Mintus and Sabrina Cordon
7. How to Get What You Want to Know and Know What You've Gotten in Research: Measuring Disability Past, Present and Future
Sharon N. Barnartt and Barbara M. Altman
Part II. Global Perspectives
7. Critical Thinking on Disability and Development in the Global South
Shaun Grech
8. Disability, Gender, and Health Care in the Global South
Aizan Sofia Amin
9. Disability and Human Rights
Paula Campos Pinto
Part III. Representations of Disability in Culture and Media
10. Inequality and Day-to-Day Encounters with Media
Kate Prendella and Meryl Alper
12. Framing Disability in Fashion
Jordan Foster
13. Intellectual Disability and the Dimensions of Belonging
Allison C. Carey
Section II: Experiencing Disability across the Life Course
Part IV. Disability and the Life Course
14. Disability and Family Care Work Over the Life Course
J. Dalton Stevens
15. Women's Reproductive Trajectories after Spinal Cord Injury: A Life Course Perspective on Acquired Disabilities
Heather Dillaway, Alymamah Mashrah, Brianna Marzolf, Heather Fritz, Wassim Tarraf, and Cathy Lysack
16. Disability and the Transition to Adulthood in the United States
Anthony R. Bardo and Ashley Vowels
Part V. Education
17. Disability in the Transition from K-12 to Higher Education
Dara Shifrer
18. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Outcomes
Fabricio E. Balcazar and Norma Ramirez
19. Disability, Education, and Work in a Global Knowledge Economy
Sally Tomlinson and Stacy Hewitt
Part VI. Work and Economic Wellbeing
20. Relational Inequality and the Structures that Disadvantage
Michelle Maroto and David Pettinicchio
21. Disability and Precarious Work
Lisa Schur and Douglas L. Kruse
22. Service-Connected Disability and Poverty Among US Veterans
Andrew S. London, Scott D. Landes, and Janet M. Wilmoth
23. Cumulative Disadvantage in Employment: Disability over the Life Course and Wealth Inequality in Later Life
Kim Shuey and Andrea Willson
Part VII. Stigma, Discrimination, and Systems of Inequality
24. Evolving Perspectives on Disability, Stigma, and Discrimination
Robyn Lewis Brown and Evan Batty
25. Disclosure, Discrimination, and Identity Among Working Professionals with Bipolar Disorder or Major Depression
Marta Elliott and Jordan C. Reuter
26. A Critical Review of Approaches to Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness
Lindsay Sheehan and Patrick W. Corrigan
Part VIII. Intersectionality and Inequalities
27. An Intersectional Analysis of Labor Market Outcomes
Jennifer D. Brooks
28. Indigenous Perspectives on Disability
Minerva Rivas Velarde
29. Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled, a Socially Contradicting Experience
Justine E. Egner
Section III: Disability, Politics, and the Law
Part IX: Social Policies and Legal Rights
30. An International Perspective on Disability Social Policy
Susanne M. Bruyère and Matthew Saleh
31. Disability Prevalence, Measurement, and Health in a Global Context
Bryan L. Sykes and Justin D. Strong
32. Disability Rights and Citizenship
Brian Gran and Anne Bryden
Part X: Crime and the Criminal Justice System
33. Social Control, Punishment, and Disability in the United States
April D. Fernandes and Victoria Kurdyla
34. Disability, Violence, and Prison
Nomi Ostrander
35. Barriers to Access in the Norwegian Criminal Justice System
Patrick Kermit and Terje Olsen
Part XI: Efforts toward Inclusion
36. Activism, Inclusion, and Social Justice
Michael Prince
37. Disability and Social Participation
Carrie Shandra
38. The Disability Rights Movement
Richard Scotch and Kara Sutton
