{"product_id":"disability-praxis-9780745340982","title":"Disability Praxis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA radical exploration of disability praxis from an experienced disability activist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A masterful intervention in disability theory and praxis that is particularly pertinent for an age of austerity, pandemic, and rising living costs.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Robert Chapman, author of 'Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[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'.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ioana Cerasella Chis, social researcher, University of Birmingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marian Brooks-Sardinha, carer and retired lecturer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Look no further for a comprehensive analysis of the disabled movement which also intelligently looks at how disability can fit into the modern world.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Josh Hepple, activist, writer, and Disability Equality Trainer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Are there four cornerstones of disability politics?\u003cbr\u003e 1. The first cornerstone: the fundamental principles of disability\u003cbr\u003e 2. The second cornerstone: the self-organisation of disabled people\u003cbr\u003e 3. The third cornerstone: self-determination, deinstitutionalisation and promotion of self-directed living\u003cbr\u003e 4. The fourth cornerstone: disability culture and identity\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part II: Towards a new disability praxis?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Impairment and oppression: the battleground reviewed\u003cbr\u003e 7. Location of impairment effects within disability politics: interrogating impairment effects and impairment reality\u003cbr\u003e 8. Disability praxis: some unanswered questions\u003cbr\u003e 9. Developing a radical eco-social approach towards producing and sustaining community-based services\u003cbr\u003e 10. From the ashes: a new disability praxis?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404321825111,"sku":"9780745340982","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745340982.jpg?v=1730486095","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disability-praxis-9780745340982","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}