Occupational Science

Dedication vii
About the Editors ix
Contributors xi
Preface xv
Part I: Introduction
1 Introduction to critical perspectives in occupational science3
Clare Hocking and Gail E. Whiteford
2 What would Paulo Freire think of occupational science? 8
Lilian Magalhães
Part II: Understanding occupation
3 Transactionalism: Occupational science and the pragmaticattitude 23
Malcolm P. Cutchin and Virginia A. Dickie
4 Understanding the discursive development of occupation:Historico-political perspectives 38
Sarah Kantartzis and Matthew Molineux
5 Occupations through the looking glass: Reflecting onoccupational scientists' ontological assumptions 54
Clare Hocking
Part III: Ways of knowing occupation
6 Knowledge paradigms in occupational science: Pluralisticperspectives 69
Elizabeth Anne Kinsella
7 Occupation and ideology 86
Ben Sellar
8 Governing through occupation: Shaping expectations andpossibilities 100
Debbie Laliberte Rudman
9 When occupation goes 'wrong': A criticalreflection on risk discourses and their relevance in shapingoccupation 117
Silke Dennhardt and Debbie Laliberte Rudman
Part IV: Ways of doing in occupational science
10 The case for multiple research methodologies 137
Valerie A. Wright-St Clair
11 Occupational choice: The significance of socio-economic andpolitical factors 152
Roshan Galvaan
12 The International Society for Occupational Science: Acritique of its role in facilitating the development ofoccupational science through international networks andintercultural dialogue 163
Alison Wicks
Part V: Visioning a way forward
13 Occupation, inclusion and participation 187
Gail E. Whiteford and Robert B. Pereira
Index 209