Nothing about us without us : disability oppression and empowerment /

Nothing about us without us : disability oppression and empowerment /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Charlton, James I.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
Description:	xvi, 197 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	People with disabilities -- Civil rights. People with disabilities -- Social conditions. Discrimination against people with disabilities. Sociology of disability. Stigma (Social psychology) Discrimination against people with disabilities. People with disabilities -- Civil rights. People with disabilities -- Social conditions. Sociology of disability. Stigma (Social psychology)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2956705

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ISBN:	0520207955 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-194) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Nothing About Us Without Us
2. The Dimensions of Disability Oppression: An Overview
3. Political Economy and the World System
4. Culture(s) and Belief Systems
5. Consciousness and Alienation
6. Observations on Everyday Life
7. Empowered Consciousness and the Philosophy of Empowerment
8. The Organization of Empowerment
9. The Dialectics of Oppression and Empowerment.