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ISBN10: 0520224817, ISBN13: 9780520224810, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkerley] Softcover First Edition Paperback. James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United States. Charlton finds an antidote for dependency and powerlessness in the resistance to disability oppression that is emerging worldwide. His interviews contain striking stories of self-reliance and empowerment evoking the new consciousness of disability rights activists. As a latecomer among the world's liberation movements, the disability rights movement will gain visibility and momentum from Charlton's elucidation of its history and its political philosophy of self-determination, which is captured in the title of his book. Nothing About Us Without Us expresses the conviction of people with disabilities that they know what is best for ...
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ISBN10: 0520224817, ISBN13: 9780520224810, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover 2000. First. Paperback. A 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. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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