Questions of competence : culture, classification and intellectual disability / edited by Richard Je...
Questions of competence : culture, classification and intellectual disability / edited by Richard Je...
Questions of competence : culture, classification and intellectual disability / edited by Richard Jenkins.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N362.3/47
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Culture, classification and (in)competence / Richard Jenkins -- 2. Mental disability in the United States: an interactionist perspective / Michael V. Angrosino -- 3. (In)competence in America in comparative perspective / Patrick J. Devlieger -- 4. Risk, resilience and competence: parents with lea...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Intellectual disability - more commonly described as 'mental retardation' or 'learning difficulties' - is a socially constructed phenomenon that varies in important respects cross-culturally. This collection of original essays examines the classification of people as competent and incompetent in the United States, England, Wales, Greece, Greenland,...
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Questions of competence : culture, classification and intellectual disability / edited by Richard Jenkins.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-245) and index.
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N362.3/47
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74VvrlV7VVWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvrlV7VVWy
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ISBN
0521623030 (hb)
9780521623032 (hardback)
0521623030 (hardback)
9780521626620 (pbk.)
0521626625 (pbk.)
9780521623032 (hb)
DDC
362.3
MMS ID
991011490539702626
