Social Work: Disabled People

by Michael (Mike) Oliver (Editor)

The fourth edition of this respected text offers thoroughly revised and updated material by a team of respected authors. The ever-evolving role of the social worker, the public, and the disabled person in terms of policy formulation are explored against the contemporary backdrop of the social work framework within the UK.

Genres: Social Work

208 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1991

About the author

Michael J. Oliver, born 3 Feb. 1945, is Professor of Disability Studies, at the University of Greenwich.

Formerly he taught in the School of Education Studies at Thames Polytechnic, in London.

Oliver is a disabled academic and political activist. He is a founding council member of the British Council of Disabled People. To date he holds the only professorship of disability studies in Britain. Oliver has published numerous books on disability issues.