Disability and social movements : learning from Australian experiences / Rachel Carling-Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carling-Jenkins, Rachel, author.

Series:

Interdisciplinary disability studies.

Interdisciplinary disability studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Australia--Case studies.

People with disabilities.

Social movements--Australia--Case studies.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides the reader with a ground-breaking understanding of disability and social movements. By describing how disability is philosophically, historically, and theoretically positioned, Carling-Jenkins is able to then examine disability relationally through an evaluation of the contributions of groups engaged in similar human rights struggles. The book locates disability rights as a new social movement and provides an explanation for why disability has been divided rather than united in Australia. Finally, it investigates whether the recent campaign to implement a national disability

Contents:

Abstract

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Positioning disability in Australia

Philosophy and disability

Theory and disability

Disability in Australian history

New social movements from which disability can learn

The Australian disability rights movement(s)

In reflection

References.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-57736-4

1-317-15025-2

1-317-15024-4

1-4724-4633-X

9781315577364

OCLC:

892245942