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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.
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.
