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The Politics of Disablement

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In this article, disability definitions are defined: the politics of meaning, the Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability, Disability and the Rise of Capitalism, the Ideological Construction of Disability, the Structuring of Disabled Identities, and the Social Construction of the Disability Problem.
Abstract
Introduction - Disability Definitions: The Politics of Meaning - The Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability - Disability and the Rise of Capitalism - The Ideological Construction of Disability - The Structuring of Disabled Identities - The Social Construction of the Disability Problem - The Politics of Disablement: Existing Possibilities - The Politics of Disablement: New Social Movements - Postscript: The Wind is Blowing - Bibliography - Index

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Inclusive education in Italy: a reply to Giangreco, Doyle and Suter (2012)

TL;DR: In this article, the authors make a case that the policy of integrazione scolastica 2 is a problematic policy that needs to be further investigated through the lenses of the disability studies approach.
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Prejudice, discrimination and social exclusion: reducing the barriers to recovery for people diagnosed with mental health problems in the UK

TL;DR: The ongoing existence and impact of exclusion in impeding recovery is demonstrated and the mechanisms underpinning inclusion for both individuals and their communities are explored.
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In Times of Liquid Modernity: Experiences of the Paralympic Student-Athlete

TL;DR: The authors explored the life-worlds of eight Paralympic student-athletes by employing the conceptual framework of Zygmunt Bauman's Liquid Modernity (2000), and utilising Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Flowers & Larkin, 2009) as a method of data gathering and analysis.
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Biopower, Styles of Reasoning, and What's Still Missing from the Stem Cell Debates

TL;DR: In this paper, a critical stance on the epistemological and ontological assumptions that underlie and condition human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research is taken, and Foucault's insights into knowledge-power, taken in combination with Hacking's claims about styles of reasoning, can make these assumptions evident, and cast light on their potentially deleterious implications for disabled people.