ABSTRACT
This book explains how space, place and mobility have shaped the experiences of disabled people both in the past and in contemporary societies. The key features of this insightful study include:
* a critical appraisal of theories of disability and a new disability model
* case studies to explore how the transition to capitalism disadvantaged disabled people
* an exploration of the Western city and the policies of community care and accessibility regulation.
Brendan Gleeson presents an important contribution to the major policy debates on disability in Western societies and offers new considerations for the broader debates on embodiment and space within Geography.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
part |44 pages
A Socio-Apatial Model of Disability
chapter |19 pages
Social Science and Disability
chapter |23 pages
The Nature of Disability
part |70 pages
Historical Geographies of Disability
chapter |15 pages
Historical-Geographical Materialism and Disability
chapter |25 pages
The Social Space of Disability in Feudal England
chapter |28 pages
The Social Space of Disability in the Industrial City
part |79 pages
Contemporary Geographies of Disability