| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
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Interdisciplinary disability studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; 1 Positioning Disability in Australia; 2 Philosophy and Disability; 3 Theory and Disability; 4 Disability in Australian History; 5 New Social Movements from which Disability can Learn; 6 The Australian Disability Rights Movement(s); 7 In Reflection; References; Index. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-163) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Australia -- Case studies.
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People with disabilities. |
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Australia. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Self-help groups -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Self-help groups. |
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Asia. |
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Social movements -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Social movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Social movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1472446321 (DLC) 2014015489 |
| ISBN |
9781472446336 (electronic book) |
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147244633X (electronic book) |
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1322434174 |
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9781322434179 |
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