Social theory
Currently this page concentrates mostlyt on 'Social Role Valorisation' and the Social Model of Disability. It is hoped that it will be extended later. Offers to help will be welcomed.
Social Role Valorisation is of interest because some people say that they find it helpful in understanding the damage that society does by labelling and excluding people, while others see it as itself having had very negative consequences. Both positive and negative articles are included.
Social Role Valorisation Theory as discourse:
bio-medical transgression or recuperation?
by Fiona A Campbell
Fiona Campbell provides a comprehensive account of arguments against SRV.
The Diligio Formulation of SRV
This article explains the theory of Social Role Valorisation (formerly
known as normalisation).
Social Role Valorization - Understanding SRV [Warning: very large rtf file - see note below]
by Paul Jenkins
from his Diligio website
This is a comprehensive account of Social Role Valorisation. It isn't an
easy read because SRV looks at devaluation in great detail.
NB: This file is very large (1.8Mb) and will take a long time to download
unless you have a broadband connection. You will also need to use an application
like Microsoft Word or an equivalent to view it.
Some Reasons Why Social Role Valorization is Important
by Michael Kendrick
on Social Role Valorization site
In this article Michael Kendrick argues that "social role valorization will
continue to be important because it does address issues of profound human significance
which are universal in application and which broach tanscendent values and
reality" and "the key issues that SRV raises promise to challenge human conduct
for many years to come."
Capitalism, disability and ideology, a materiallist critique of the normalization
principle
by Michael J. Oliver
Quote: "..,.has led me to begin to sketch out what a social theory of
disability might look like. For me, all social theory must be
judged
on three interrelated elements: its adequacy in describing experience;
its ability
to explain experience; and finally, its potential to transform experience.
My own theorizing on disability is located in Marxist political economy
which, I would argue offers a much more adequate basis for describing
and explaining
experience than does normalization theory which is based upon interactionist
and functionalist sociology. "
The Individual and Social Models of Disability, [pdf file]
by Mike Oliver
one of many articles from the Disability Archive UK (hosted by the Centre
for Disability Studies, University of Leeds)
Quote: "I originally conceptualised models of disability as the binary
distinction between what I chose to call the individual and social models
of disability (Oliver. 1983). This was no amazing new insight on my part
dreamed up in some ivory tower but was really an attempt to enable me to make
sense
of the world for my social work students and other professionals whom I
taught. The idea of the individual and the social model was taken quite simply
and
explicitly from the distinction originally made between impairment and
disability by the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (1976).
"
Articles on www.isja.org.uk
The links listed on the directory page displayed above take you to other websites. Articles on www.isja.org.uk (this site) are listed separately on the 'on-site articles' page, grouped by author rather than subject. The links below should take you directly to relevant items on that page:
Social Justice
by Gary Craig
Good places to look for more
The person centred planning page of this site.
The independent advocacy page of this site.
The Social Role Valorization site
The Diligio website (This site is large and contains a good deal of material which is difficult
to find, but worth the effort. Don't let the incomplete pages or parts that
don't work well put you off.)