MICHAEL OLIVERwas the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK.COLIN BARNES Professor of Disability and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK.

• IntroductionPART I: CONCEPTS AND ORIGINS The Importance of Definitions in the Disablility DebateThe Origins of Disability StudiesThe Rise of Disabling CapitalismPART II: REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCOURSESIdeology and the Disabled IndividualConstructing Disabled IdentitiesCreating the Disability ProblemPART III: AGENDAS AND ACTIONSDealing with Disabling SocietyResisting the Disabling SocietyDoing Disability Studies.