The Politics of Disablement
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-0-333-43293-8 (ISBN)
Description
This work discusses whether the dominant perceptions of disability in industrial society, as an individual and as a medical problem, are universal. Using cross-cultural evidence, the author links the roots of individualization and medicalization to the rise of capitalism and considers alternative perceptions of disability and their implications for both political activity and social policy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
tables, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
214 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-43293-8 (9780333432938)
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Other editions
New editions
Michael Oliver | Colin Barnes
The New Politics of Disablement
Book
05/2012
2nd Edition
Red Globe Press
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Content
Introduction - Disability Definitions: The Politics of Meaning - The Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability - Disability and the Rise of Capitalism - The Ideological Construction of Disability - The Structuring of Disabled Identities - The Social Construction of the Disability Problem - The Politics of Disablement: Existing Possibilities - The Politics of Disablement: New Social Movements - Postscript: The Wind is Blowing - Bibliography - Index