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  • Disability and Society

    Emerging Issues and Insights

    by Len Barton ...
    Series series Longman Sociology Series
    The study of disability has traditionally been influenced mainly by medical and psychological models. The aim of this new text, Disability and Society, is to open up the debate by introducing alternative perspectives reflecting the increasing sociological interest in this important topic. Disability and Society brings together for the first time some of the most recent original research in this ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Gender, Class and Education (Routledge Revivals)

    by Stephen Walker, Len Barton ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1983, Gender, Class and Education is a collection of papers that formed presentations at the Westhill Sociology of Education Conference in January 1982, and is the fifth such collection to emerge from the annual conference. The conference theme, ‘Race, Class and Gender’, was not only chosen because of its topicality, but also to provide a framework for debate between educational ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Inclusive Education

    Policy, Contexts and Comparative Perspectives

    by Derrick Armstrong, Len Barton, Felicity Armstrong ...
    First published in 2000. This book looks at 'inclusive' education in the context of policy and practice in a number of different countries, particularly in relation to children and young people of school age. At the heart of the idea of inclusive education lie serious issues concerning 'human rights', 'equal opportunities' and 'social justice'. The papers in this book will, hopefully, contribute ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Disability, Politics and the Struggle for Change

    Edited by Len Barton ...
    This book seeks to explore how disability is understood and the position and experiences of disabled people both within and across different societies. The authors explore the question of politics in relation to specific struggles, providing a wealth of insights and ideas, and examine the nature and value of a social model of disability. They criticize exclusionary barriers while advancing a more ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Overcoming Disabling Barriers

    18 Years of Disability and Society

    by Len Barton ...
    Series series Education Heritage
    This book provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in disability studies over the last eighteen years. It includes over twenty essential articles from the journal Disability and Society, written by many of the leading authors in the field from the UK, the USA, Australia and Europe.Compiled by the current editors of the journal, it is divided into three sections which mirror the ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Disability And Dependency

    Edited by Len Barton ...
    One of the disturbing messages of this book is the extent to which disabled people are suffering in society. It looks at the socio-economic issues involved as well as the personal aspects of their lives and offers solutions to the discriminating ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Education and Society

    25 Years of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

    Edited by Len Barton ...
    Series series Education Heritage
    The British Journal of Sociology of Education has established itself as the leading discipline-based publication. This collection of selected articles published since the first issue provides the reader with an informed insight and understanding of the nature, range and value of sociological thinking, its development over the last twenty-five years as well as the analysis of the relationship ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Special Education and Social Interests (RLE Edu M)

    Edited by Len Barton, Sally Tomlinson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Until this book was published, most writing on special education was about specific disabilities and how to cope with them. This book, however, considers the broader context, looking at many problems for the wider system that have arisen through integration of special education within it. The book is international and comparative in its focus and includes much North American material and work by ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Social Crisis and Educational Research (RLE Edu L)

    Edited by Len Barton, Stephen Walker ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Originally written at a time of crisis in the education system of Britain – occasioned by cuts, contradictions and change - many of the issues discussed in this book are still relevant today. Debate in the book focuses upon an examination of the nature of the crisis, an exploration of the impact of the crisis upon school processes and upon the relationship between life in school and in the wider ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Rethinking Curriculum Studies

    Edited by Martin Lawn, Len Barton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This book reappraises the British and American experience in curriculum studies, the curious way in which it has been dominated by certain ideas and introduces the reader to alternative ways of perceiving, defining and approaching its problems. It provides a radical critique of the whole area, presenting both Marxist and phenomenological perspectives on the current dilemmas that teachers face. The ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Schools, Teachers and Teaching (RLE Edu N)

    Edited by Len Barton, Stephen Walker ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This volume considers how various sociological approaches to the exploration of the conditions of teachers’ might be co-ordinated so as to produce a more penetrating and reliable understanding of the main dimensions of teachers’ work. Three dimensions are selected for special attention: historical, institutional and interactional contexts in which teachers operate. In different way the papers in ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Race, Class and Education (RLE Edu L)

    Edited by Len Barton, Stephen Walker ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    One problem which continues to absorb social scientists is the way in which so much social deprivation stems from racial or class status. The discussion in this book is developed in two ways: firstly, careful attention is given to an examination of the way minority groups create and maintain collective identities and action. Secondly, the relationship between this movement and such topics as ... Read more

    $70.99 USD