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Towards a Good Life?
Kelley Johnson, Jan Walmsley, Marie Wolfe
ISBN: 9781847420695
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Policy Press
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What does it mean to live a good life? Why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one? What happens when we make a good life the centre of our consideration of people with intellectual disabilities? This title explores these questions through an examination of ideas from philosophy and social theory.
What does it mean to live a good life? Why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one? What happens when we make a good life the centre of our consideration of people with intellectual disabilities? These questions are explored through a re-examination of ideas from philosophy and social theory, and through personal life stories. This important and timely book provides an analysis and critique of current policies and underpinning ideologies in relation to people with intellectual disabilities and explores ways in which a good life may be made more attainable.
| ISBN | 1847420699 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781847420695
(What's this?) | | Pages | 176 | | Publisher | Policy Press | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Policy Press | | Published in | Bristol | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 2010 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 362.4 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Introduction: exploring a good life | | 1 | | Part One | | Reflecting on a good life | | 15 | | one | | My own life by Kelley Johnson | | 17 | | two | | Thinking about a good life | | 31 | | three | | A good life and people with intellectual disabilities | | 49 | | Part Two | | Re-examining key concepts in the light of current practice | | 61 | | four | | A good life in policy | | 63 | | five | | Changing problems, changing solutions | | 81 | | six | | Changing constructions of work | | 99 | | Part Three | | Rethinking a good life | | 111 | | seven | | Justice, rights and capabilities | | 115 | | eight | | Community, inclusion and belonging | | 131 | | nine | | Promoting a good life | | 151 | | | | Conclusion | | 171 | | | | Bibliography | | 177 | | | | Index | | 199 |
"This book challenges current ideas on what constitutes a 'good enough' life for people with intellectual disabilities and proposes new ideas on how to make a truly 'good life' possible." Dorothy Atkinson, Open University  Be the first to write a customer review
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