Disability Studies in India

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Disability Studies in India is written by Nilika Mehrotra and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9811526168 (ISBN 10) and 9789811526169 (ISBN 13).

This book examines the state of art in disability studies, focusing on the Indian context, as well as the broader South Asian situation. It presents interdisciplinary perspectives on the basic idea, evolution, practices and challenges of researching and teaching disability studies at various higher education institutions and in other civil society spaces. The chapters address a range of related themes, including activism, development policies, research, pedagogy, spatial and social access, caste and gender representations and rights-based discourses. Given the scope of its coverage, the book is of interest to scholars and students in area of humanities, education, law, sociology and social work, political science development and disability studies.