| Description |
245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments 7 -- Foreword by Justice Michael Kirby 9 -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The disabled face of society 14 -- PART 1 -- BODIES APART: SYSTEMS OF OTHERING 47 -- Chapter 2 Health, welfare and disability 49 -- Chapter 3 Handicapping sport 74 -- Chapter 4 Biotechnology and designer disability 95 -- PART 2 -- NO PLACE LIKE HOME: BELONGING -- AND CITIZENSHIP 119 -- Chapter 5 Reinstitutionalising disability 121 -- Chapter 6 Political life and a disabled republic? 140 -- Chapter 7 Refugees and the flight from human rights 167 -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Reclaiming a civil society 195 -- Notes 213 -- Index 237 |
| Summary |
This book dares to name and explore a hidden blight in society: the routine, daily and oppressive treatment of people with disabilities. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalisation, political life, and the treatment of refugees, this thoughtful, lively and provocative work puts disability firmly on the agenda. This book shows that disability is central to society, media and culture - a matter of human rights and justice that should concern us all |
| Analysis |
Physically disabled - issues & welfare |
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Sociology of disability - Australia |
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People with disabilities - Services for - Australia |
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Discrimination against people with disabilities - Australia |
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People with disabilities - Australia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Australia.
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People with disabilities -- Australia.
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Sociology of disability -- Australia.
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People with disabilities -- Services for -- Australia.
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| Author |
Newell, Christopher, 1964-2008.
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| LC no. |
2005391325 |
| ISBN |
0868407194 |
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9780868407197 |
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