| Description |
256 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The Nature of Our Oppression. 1. Why Be "Normal?": "Normalcy" as a Mechanism for Social Control. 2. Nazi and American Eugenics, Euthanasia and Economics. 3. Backhanded Social Darwinism: The "Right to Die" and Disability. 4. The Politics of Perfect Babies: With "Bad" Genes Everywhere, Who is "Safe"? -- Pt. II. The Mechanics of Poverty. 5. A Missing Link: Body Politics and the Sole Economic Order. 6. The Economic Straitjacket. 7. From Tiny Tim to Jerry Lewis: Charity and Economic Rights on a Collision Course. 8. The Final (Profitable) Solution: Modern Institutionalization and the Commodification of Disability. 9. The ADA in the New World Order: Free-Market Civil Rights in a Public Relations Era -- Pt. III. Ending the Social Contract. 10. Let Them Eat Unenforceable Civil Rights: Promoting the General Welfare in a Downsized Age. 11. Ending the Social Contract: Capitalism Begins to Eat Its Own |
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12. Bursting Grand Illusions: Mother Teresa, "Revolutionaries," Devolution, and Personal Responsibility. 13. Democracy Under Siege. 14. Manifesto of an Uppity Crip: People, the Center of Civilized Society. 15. Beyond Ramps?: Identity Politics, FDR, and the Problem of Power |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-244) and index |
| Subject |
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- United States.
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People with disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States.
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Social Darwinism -- United States.
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Sociology of disability -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
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| LC no. |
97016590 |
| ISBN |
1567511066 (paper) |
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1567511074 (cloth) |
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