DISABILITY RIGHTS AND WRONGS by Tom Shakespeare ( 9781134277728 )

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Title:

DISABILITY RIGHTS AND WRONGS

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Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1134277725

ISBN 13:

9781134277728

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 December, 2006

Pages:

240

Synopsis:

Over the last thirty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that the social model theory has reached a dead end. Drawing on a critical realist perspective, Shakespeare promotes a pluralist, engaged and nuanced approach to disability. Key topics discussed include:dichotomies - the dangerous polarizations of medical model versus social model, impairment versus disability and disabled people versus non-disabled people identity - the drawbacks of the disability movement's emphasis on identity politics bioethics in disability - choices at the beginning and end of life and in the field of genetic and stem cell therapies care and social relationships - questions of intimacy and friendship. This stimulating and accessible book challenges orthodoxies in British disability studies, promoting a new conceptualization of disability and fresh research agenda. It is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in disability studies and sociology, as well as professionals, policy makers and activists.

Illustrations:

2 Line drawings, black and white

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Non-returnable

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