ReThinking DisAbility: New Structures, New RelationshipsThis volume provides case studies of the contemporary independent living/disabled consumer movement from the perspective of New Social Movement theory. It describes the organizational strategies by which disabled people pursue the goal of integrated community living, and focuses on the work of several movement organizations. |
Contents
From Disability to Handicap | 27 |
and the Transformation of Subjective Reality | 47 |
SOCIAL CHANGE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE | 57 |
Social Movement | 93 |
New Perspectives | 100 |
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE | 119 |
New Relationships New Structures | 156 |
New Solutions and Innovations for Empowerment | 163 |
The Community as Expert | 198 |
Equality Rights and Reasonable | 205 |
The Struggle for Charter Protection | 213 |
Equality and the Disabled Consumer Movement | 219 |
Intentional and Unintentional Discrimination | 227 |
Definitions | 234 |
Personhood and Consumerism as Part of | 255 |
Bibliography | 279 |
Common terms and phrases
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