Introductions; Chapter 1 Setting the scene; Chapter 2 Politics, policy and disability; Chapter 3 Disability organisations and the political process; Chapter 4 The rise of the disability movement; Chapter 5 Organising disabled people; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Making connections through rights and empowerment; Chapter 8 New visions or the existing order?; Chapter 9; Chapter 10 Glossary; BIBLIOGRAPHYIndex;
Jane Campbell has specialised in the areas of disability rights
and independent living and was a recent Chair of the British
Council of Disabled People. During her term in office she has seen
the organisation through some of its most pioneering work in the
field of independent living, civil rights, peer counselling and
equal opportunities. She is currently running a training and
project management consultancy in disability rights and independent
living.,
Mike Oliver is a disabled academic and political activist. He
served on the management committees of SKILL and SIA when they were
formed and he was a founding council member of the BCODP, in which
he continues to be involved through their research sub-group. He is
also a member of DAN. He is to date the only Professor of
Disability Studies in Britain, and has published numerous books and
articles on disability issues.
'It is a fascinating insight to many aspects of disability, a
crucial piece in the disability jigsaw. Thoroughly recommended
reading!' - Disability Scotland
'This is an easy book to read as it is well written, interesting
and informative.' - Health and Social Care in the Community
'This is a rich text ... a straight talking and thought provoking
book ... Campbell and Oliver have written and assembled an
accessible text that is not afraid to confront some of the tensions
and challenges that are reshaping the power structures of
disability politics. - Disability and Society
' ... without doubt, a remarkable contribution to the limited
collection of books written by disabled people about their
collective experiences as members of an oppressed social group.' -
Disability Politics
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