Nothing about Us Without Us Disability Oppression and Empowerment

Name: Nothing about Us Without Us Disability Oppression and Empowerment
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ISBN: 9780520224810

ISBN-10: 0520224817

ISBN-13: 9780520224810

Edition: 1998

Authors: James I. Charlton

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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.Nothing About Us Without Usis the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/30/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.90" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.748



The Argument


Acknowledgments


People Interviewed



Introduction



Nothing About Us Without Us



Disability Oppression and Everyday Life



The Dimensions of Disability Oppression: An Overview



Political Economy and the World System



Culture(s) and Belief Systems



Consciousness and Alienation



Observations on Everyday Life



Empowerment and Organization



Empowered Consciousness and the Philosophy of Empowerment



The Organization of Empowerment



Conclusion



The Dialectics of Oppression and Empowerment


Notes


Bibliography


Index