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Politics Of Disablement

  • Textbook
  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Michael Oliver

    1. Thames Polytechnic, UK

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Part of the book series: Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State (CTSWWS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Disability Definitions: the Politics of Meaning

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 12-24

  4. Disability and the Rise of Capitalism

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 25-42

  5. The Ideological Construction of Disability

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 43-59

  6. The Structuring of Disabled Identities

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 60-77

  7. The Social Construction of the Disability Problem

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 78-94

  8. The Politics of Disablement — Existing Possibilities

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 95-111

  9. The Politics of Disablement — New Social Movements

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 112-131

  10. Postscript: The Wind is Blowing

    • Michael Oliver
    Pages 132-133

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 134-152
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About this book

Dominant views of disability as an individual and medical problems have been vigorously challenged by disabled people in recent years. This book, by an author who is himself disabled, looks at the individualised and medicalised views of disability, describes the way they have been produced in capitalist society, and analyses the possibilities for change. Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the true nature of disability, especially as disability comes to occupy a prominent place on the political agenda.

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  • Thames Polytechnic, UK

    Michael Oliver

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