Dis/ability Studies - Theorising Disablism and Ableism

In this pioneering new work, Dan Goodley develops an important new line of enquiry into the comparison of the non-disabled and disabled and disrupting the boundaries between them. This accessible text will appeal to students and researchers of disability across a range of disciplines, as well as disability activists, policymakers, and practitioners working directly with disabled people.

List of contents

Preface Part 1: Finding Dis/ability Studies 1. Disablism 2. Ableism 3. Intersectionality 4. Dis/ability Studies 5. Researching Dis/ability Part 2: Exemplifying Dis/ability Studies 6. Precarious Bodies: The Biopolitics of Dis/ability and Debility 7. Becoming Inclusive Education: Cripping Neoliberal-able Schooling 8. The Psychopathology of the Normals: Why People are so Messed up Around Dis/ability 9. Markets, Cruel Optimism and Civil Society: Producing Dis/ability 10. Critical Dis/ability Studies

About the author

Dan Goodley is Professor of Disability Studies and Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Summary

In this pioneering new work, Dan Goodley develops an important new line of enquiry into the comparison of the non-disabled and disabled and disrupting the boundaries between them. This accessible text will appeal to students and researchers of disability across a range of disciplines, as well as disability activists, policymakers, and practitioners working directly with disabled people.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Goodley, Dan (University of Sheffield Goodley, Goodley Dan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415827218
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82721-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Personal & public health, Social Work, Social, group or collective psychology, Coping with disability, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Disability: social aspects, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Medical Sociology, Personal and public health / health education, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability