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The New Politics of Disablement

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The New Politics of Disablement by Colin Barnes and Mike Oliver presents a critical examination of disability within the context of global capitalism, financial instability, and reduced public spending. This influential work reinvigorates the discussion on the nature of disability and highlights the enduring political significance of disability studies as an academic discipline.
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Disability luminary Mike Oliver is joined by Colin Barnes in this agenda-setting response to a capitalist society faced with globalisation, financial instability and lower public expenditure. A timely new edition which reignites the debate on the nature of disability and reasserts the political power of the academic field of disability studies.

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Disability luminary Mike Oliver is joined by Colin Barnes in this agenda-setting response to a capitalist society faced with globalisation, financial instability and lower public expenditure. A timely new edition which reignites the debate on the nature of disability and reasserts the political power of the academic field of disability studies.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780333945674

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 May 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Red Globe Press

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 248

About the Author

MICHAEL OLIVERwas the first Professor of Disability Studies in the United Kingdom and is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich, UK.

COLIN BARNES Professor of Disability and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK.

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