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Exploring theories and expanding methodologies : where we are and where we need to go /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
JAI,
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Research in social science and disability ;
v. 2. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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- The social model of disability: an outdated ideology?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.