The New Politics of Disablement
2nd Edition
Published on 8. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-333-94567-4 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
2nd ed. 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
389 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-94567-4 (9780333945674)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-39244-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Michael Oliver | Colin Barnes
The New Politics of Disablement
E-Book
05/2012
2nd Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€41.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Michael Oliver
The Politics of Disablement
Book
08/1990
Palgrave Macmillan
€34.71
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
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.