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

Biographical note

MICHAEL OLIVERwas the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK. COLIN BARNES Professor of Disability and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK.