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University of California Press Nothing About Us Without Us
Book SynopsisA 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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