Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies
Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Published on 20. June 2001
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-0-7623-0773-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 sociological role theory and the concept of disability; the operationalization of different definitions of disability; conducting surveys with people with impairments; and, the reliability and utility of several qualitative research methodologies as applied to impairment and disability. Overall, the papers in this volume represent the beginning of a resurgence of interest in social science theories and methodologies within the study of impairment and disability.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7623-0773-9 (9780762307739)
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Content
EDITORIAL BOARD.
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The social model of disability: An outdated ideology?.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.
About the Authors.
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The social model of disability: An outdated ideology?.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.
About the Authors.