Comparing special education origins to contemporary paradoxes - Richardson, John G.; Powell, Justin J. W. (Stanford, California Stanford University Press, 2011)
Introduction : from origins to contemporary paradoxes in special education -- Ideas and institutions : the enlightenments, human nature, and disability -- Economic change, state-making, and citizenship -- The global institution of special education -- Historical models and social logics of special education systems -- Institutionalizing special education systems and their divergence over the twentieth century -- Special education participation and the simultaneous rise of segregation and inclusion -- Rights, liberties and education in "least" and "most" restrictive settings : contrasting futures of public education and juvenile justice -- Between global intentions and national resistance : from special education to inclusive education?
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-322) and index.
Keywords: Special education -- Cross-cultural studies