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Book Synopsis
A theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism and colonialism. The analysis is supplemented by interviews conducted over a ten-year period with disability-rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe and the USA.

Table of 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

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Nothing About Us Without Us

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/08/2000
      ISBN13: 9780520224810, 978-0520224810
      ISBN10: 0520224817
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism and colonialism. The analysis is supplemented by interviews conducted over a ten-year period with disability-rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe and the USA.

      Table of 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

      NOTES
      BIBLIOGRAPHY
      INDEX

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