ISBN:
9780333945674
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (249 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Oliver, Michael The New Politics of Disablement
DDC:
306.461
Keywords:
People with disabilities - Civil rights
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: CONCEPTS AND ORIGINS -- 1 The Importance of Definitions in the Disability Debate -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene -- The Importance of Definitions -- Official Definitions of Disability -- Challenging Official Definitions -- Official Responses to this Challenge -- Rethinking Disability Definitions -- Conclusion -- 2 The Origins of Disability Studies -- Introduction -- Anthropology and Disability -- Sociology and Disability -- Revisionist Sociology -- Alternative Sociology and Disability -- Developing a Social Theory of Disablement -- Conclusion -- 3 The Rise of Disabling Capitalism -- Introduction -- Creating Disability -- Constructing Disability -- The State and Disability -- Defining and Dealing with Disability -- Disability in the Twentieth Century -- Explaining Disability Responses -- Rationalizing Disability -- Conclusion -- PART II: REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCOURSES -- 4 Ideology and the Disabled Individual -- Introduction -- Ideology and the Individual -- Individualism and Disability -- The Ideological Exclusion of Disabled Individuals -- The Medicalization of Disability -- The Medicalization of Everyday Life -- The Normalizing Society -- Normality and Eugenics -- Conclusion -- 5 Constructing Disabled Identities -- Introduction -- Culture, Impairment and Disability -- Disabling Imagery in Recent History -- Resisting Disabling Imagery -- Poverty, Inequality and Identity -- Disabling Culture and Identity Formation -- Social Divisions and Identity -- Conclusion -- 6 Creating the Disability Problem -- Introduction -- Defining the Disability Problem -- Disabling Social Policies -- Reconstructing the Disability Problem -- Creating the Disability Problem -- The Idea of Dependency -- Creating Economic Dependency -- Legislating for Dependency -- Promoting Dependency in Practice.
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