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Nothing about us without us : disability oppression and empowerment /

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James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities...

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Main Author: Charlton, James I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Civil rights.
People with disabilities > Social conditions.
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
Sociology of disability.
Stigma (Social psychology)
People with disabilities.
Human rights.
Control (Psychology)
Prejudices.
Disabled Persons
Human Rights
Power, Psychological
Prejudice
Stereotyping
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780520925441
0520925440
0585047790
9780585047799
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; THE ARGUMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PEOPLE INTERVIEWED; PART I. INTRODUCTION; 1. Nothing About Us Without Us; PART II. DISABILITY OPPRESSION AND EVERYDAY LIFE; 2. The Dimensions of Disability Oppression: An Overview; 3. Political Economy and the World System; 4. Culture(s) and Belief Systems; 5. Consciousness and Alienation; 6. Observations on Everyday Life; PART III. EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANIZATION; 7. Empowered Consciousness and the Philosophy of Empowerment; 8. The Organization of Empowerment; PART IV. CONCLUSION; 9. The Dialectics of Oppression and Empowerment.

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