Mike Oliver's work has had an enormous influence on our understanding of disablement in society...The book should prove useful and enlightening to disabled and non-disabled people alike...written in the clear, concise and honest style characteristic of Mike Oliver's work...it makes a valuable contribution to the debates about our understanding of disability and the position of disabled people in society.' Gerry Zarb, Policy Studies;Understanding Disability develops some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen in the last twenty years, offering both a personal journey of exploration and understanding and an attempt to take further our theoretical understanding of disability.
- ISBN10 0312157940
- ISBN13 9780312157944
- Publish Date 1 January 1996 (first published 13 November 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English