Handbook of Disability Studies, Hardcover by Albrecht, Gary L. (EDT); Seelman, Katherine D. (EDT); Bury, Michael (EDT), ISBN 0761916520, ISBN-13 9780761916529, Brand New, Free P&P in the UKThis handbook represents the tensions between academic scholarship and the passion of activists; the different perspectives of disability studies and rehabilitation sciences; and the value conflicts between aggressive capitalism, social welfare states, and the poor who struggle for survival in industrial and developing countries. Albrecht (disability and human development, U. of Illinois), Michael Bury (coeditor of Sociology of Health and Illness and Katherine D. Seelman (director of the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research) present 34 contributions that map the field and explore the key conceptual, theoretical, methodological, practice, and policy issues involved. Each chapter provides an analysis of issues on a topic in disability studies, a critical review of literature in that area, and an agenda for future research and practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()