Occupational Science : Society, Inclusion, Participation (Paperback)

Dedication vii

About the Editors ix

Contributors xi

Preface xv

Part I: Introduction

1 Introduction to critical perspectives in occupational science 3
Clare Hocking and Gail E. Whiteford

2 What would Paulo Freire think of occupational science? 8
Lilian Magalhães

Part II: Understanding occupation

3 Transactionalism: Occupational science and the pragmatic attitude 23
Malcolm P. Cutchin and Virginia A. Dickie

4 Understanding the discursive development of occupation: Historico-political perspectives 38
Sarah Kantartzis and Matthew Molineux

5 Occupations through the looking glass: Reflecting on occupational scientists’ ontological assumptions 54
Clare Hocking

Part III: Ways of knowing occupation

6 Knowledge paradigms in occupational science: Pluralistic perspectives 69
Elizabeth Anne Kinsella

7 Occupation and ideology 86
Ben Sellar

8 Governing through occupation: Shaping expectations and possibilities 100
Debbie Laliberte Rudman

9 When occupation goes ‘wrong’: A critical reflection on risk discourses and their relevance in shaping occupation 117
Silke Dennhardt and Debbie Laliberte Rudman

Part IV: Ways of doing in occupational science

10 The case for multiple research methodologies 137
Valerie A. Wright-St Clair

11 Occupational choice: The significance of socio-economic and political factors 152
Roshan Galvaan

12 The International Society for Occupational Science: A critique of its role in facilitating the development of occupational science through international networks and intercultural dialogue 163
Alison Wicks

Part V: Visioning a way forward

13 Occupation, inclusion and participation 187
Gail E. Whiteford and Robert B. Pereira

Index 209