The new politics of disablement
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The new politics of disablement
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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The politics of disablement
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"First published as The politics of disablement in 1990"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 187-227
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Disability luminary Mike Oliver is joined by Colin Barnes in this agenda-setting response to a capitalist society faced with globalisation, financial instability and lower public expenditure. A timely new edition which reignites the debate on the nature of disability and reasserts the political power of the academic field of disability studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: CONCEPTS AND ORIGINS
The Importance of Definitions in the Disablility Debate
The Origins of Disability Studies
The Rise of Disabling Capitalism
PART II: REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCOURSES
Ideology and the Disabled Individual
Constructing Disabled Identities
Creating the Disability Problem
PART III: AGENDAS AND ACTIONS
Dealing with Disabling Society
Resisting the Disabling Society
Doing Disability Studies.
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