The Routledge International Handbook of Disability Studies and the New Digital Society
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:18th Nov '26
£260.00
This title is due to be published on 18th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The Routledge International Handbook of Disability Studies and the New Digital Society offers important new perspectives on the digitization of society in relation to disability.
Featuring the work of leading researchers from around the world, the book explores digitization and disability in a wide range of contexts, including schools, healthcare settings, public transport and working life, as well as across different forms of e-government, e-learning and e-business. It examines digitization in everyday life, including digital products such as smart phones, computer games and social media, and explores key themes such as artificial intelligence, the digitization of welfare and social services, overprotection and risk, and universal design and co-creation for better digital solutions. At the heart of the book is a focus on accessibility to digital technology as well as consideration of The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
This handbook will be of interest to all scholars of disability studies, health and social care, nursing, teaching, sociology, and science and technology studies.
"This book explores digitalization as a site of ambivalence and tension, examining the phenomenon through a critical disability perspective. Its nuanced and thoughtful approach makes a valuable contribution to the existing literature. I warmly recommend this book for the way it deepens our understanding of contemporary society."
Hisayo Katsui, Professor of Disability Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland
"An incredibly valuable, impressively straightforward and balanced handbook, offering insight and commitment to a wide range of issues at the intersection of disability and the new digital society. Bringing together critical scholarship and rich empirical perspectives, it illuminates both the opportunities and inequalities of digital transformation. An essential resource for researchers, practitioners, policymakers and students concerned with accessibility, active digital citizenship and inclusive futures."
Martin Molin, Professor of Social Work, University West, Sweden
"Through the lens of disability studies, this fascinating Handbook draws attention to the uneven benefits of digital technologies. While acknowledging that digital technologies can open up opportunities for participation it warns about digital exclusion and argues for inclusive and sustainable digital futures. This Handbook has urgent messages for those interested in the intersection of disability and digitalisation. A must read."
Rannveig Traustadóttir, Professor Emerita, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Iceland
"This Handbook brings together a rich and wide-ranging collection of international scholarship, offering theorising and insight into the emerging digital society. It represents a resource for those in disability studies, technology design, or the social sciences. Grounded in rights-based and disability studies perspectives, this interdisciplinary volume illuminates factors shaping inclusivity within our rapidly evolving digital world."
DarrenChadwick,Professor of Applied Social & Community Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
ISBN: 9781032771229
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652 pages