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.
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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.
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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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Builds on Mike Oliver's 1990 publication which defined the emerging field of Disability Studies for a generation
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780333945674
Publisert
2012-05-08
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Globe Press
Vekt
358 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248