Change in disability classification: Redrawing categorical boundaries in special education in the United States and Germany, 1920-2005

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-267

  Powell, Justin J W ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Categorical boundaries; Classification; Disability; Normality; Special education

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; STUDENT;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249119800     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156913310790788435     Document Type: Article

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