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Book SynopsisA radical exploration of disability praxis from an experienced disability activist
Trade Review'A masterful intervention in disability theory and praxis that is particularly pertinent for an age of austerity, pandemic, and rising living costs.'
-- Robert Chapman, author of 'Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism'
'[A] brilliant and much needed contribution to current debates in Disability Politics - offering a timely corrective to the most recent approaches to disability that have taken a neoliberal turn'.
-- Ioana Cerasella Chis, social researcher, University of Birmingham
'An essential read for the activist and the lay person who is interested in disability. Bob offers a Marxist materialist critique, identifying the limitations of the movement's emphasis on decontextualised legal rights rather than a deeper resistance to wider oppression of disabled people within capitalist society.The book clarified a lot of the main issues for me.'
-- Marian Brooks-Sardinha, carer and retired lecturer
'Look no further for a comprehensive analysis of the disabled movement which also intelligently looks at how disability can fit into the modern world.'
-- Josh Hepple, activist, writer, and Disability Equality Trainer
Table of ContentsPart I: Are there four cornerstones of disability politics?
1. The first cornerstone: the fundamental principles of disability
2. The second cornerstone: the self-organisation of disabled people
3. The third cornerstone: self-determination, deinstitutionalisation and promotion of self-directed living
4. The fourth cornerstone: disability culture and identity
Part II: Towards a new disability praxis?
6. Impairment and oppression: the battleground reviewed
7. Location of impairment effects within disability politics: interrogating impairment effects and impairment reality
8. Disability praxis: some unanswered questions
9. Developing a radical eco-social approach towards producing and sustaining community-based services
10. From the ashes: a new disability praxis?
