Mike Oliver

Fred Pandolfi

Michael Wolski

Subtitled, The Definitive Programmer's Reference to the Standard Class Library for C++. Written by Microsoft and supported by the Visual C++ compiler, MFC has become the de facto standard with which Windows applications are developed. This text saves programming time by providing quick and easy access to vital information. Chapters focus on topics such as Windows programming, application classes, collection classes, files and serialization, and debugging and exception handling. A CD-ROM is included. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Microsoft Foundation Class 4 Bible

Jane Campbell

Michael Oliver

Presents a series of perspectives on the process of self-organisation of disabled people which took placein the last part of the twwntieth It has interviews with disabled people who are involved with the rise of the disability movement.

Understanding Our Past, Changing Our Future

Disability Politics

Len Barton

Colin Barnes

Over recent years there has been an unprecedented upsurge of interest in the general area of disability and disability studies amongst academics and researchers throughout the world. This has generated an increasingly expansive literature, from a variety of perspectives, including cultural studies, development studies, geography, history, philosophy, social policy, social psychology and sociology. Perhaps inevitably, given this heightened interest, a number of important challenges and debates have emerged which raise many significant questions for all those interested in this newly emergent and increasingly important field. Disability Studies Today provides an invaluable introduction to and an overview of these concerns and controversies. Although the field is increasingly interdisciplinary in nature, the emphasis is primarily a sociological one since sociology continues to play a central role in the development of disability studies. Whilst the focus is primarily on theoretical innovation and advancement, the arguments presented in this book have important political and policy implications for both disabled and non-disabled people. Moreover, since disability studies, like ethnic, women's and gay and lesbian studies, has developed from a position of engagement and activism rather than one of detachment, the articles in this volume maintain this tradition. The book contains contributions from established figures, as well as newcomers to the field. Topics covered include: the history of the development of disability studies in Britain and America, key ideas, issues and thinkers, the role of the body, divisions and hierarchies, history, power and identity, work, politics and the disabled peoples' movement, globalization, human rights, research and the role of the academy. This book will prove invaluable to scholars, researchers, students and policy makers and, indeed, all those involved in this increasingly important area of social enquiry.

Disability Studies Today

This powerful book presents a series of perspectives on the process of self-organisation of disabled people which has taken place over the last thirty years. The 1980s saw a transformation in our understanding of the nature of disability, and consequently the kinds of policies and services necessary to ensure the full economic and social integration of disabled people. At the heart of this transformation has been the rise in the number of organisations controlled and run by disabled people themselves. Through a series of interviews with disabled people who have been centrally involved in the rise of the disability movement, the authors present a new collective history which throws light on the politics of the 1980s, and offers insights into future political developments in the 1990s and on into the twenty-first century.

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