Disability and Social Change

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Disability and Social Change is written by Brian Watermeyer and published by HSRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0796921377 (ISBN 10) and 9780796921376 (ISBN 13).

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.