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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 - Indexread more
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User and Community Co-Production of Public Services: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
Elke Loeffler,Tony Bovaird +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, some of the key claims made for co-production are examined and an assessment is made of how they stack up against the empirical evidence, and some areas are identified in which practice must be cautious about the potential contribution of Co-production, and where further research is needed.
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City centre accessibility for wheelchair users: The consumer perspective and the planning implications
TL;DR: Investigation and reassessment of current city centre accessibility 10 years after the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act, 1995 in the UK suggests six issues relevant to the creation of ‘enabling’ or more accessible city centre environments for all, as urban planners across the world become more concerned about inclusion.
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Bringing Disability into the Sociological Frame: A comparison of disability with race, sex, and sexual orientation statuses
TL;DR: This article explored the shared characteristics of American constructions of race, sex, sexual orientation, and disability, and discussed how each of these statuses is constructed through social processes in which categories of people are (1) named, aggregated and disaggregated, dichotomized and stigmatized, and denied the attributes valued in the culture.
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People with Disabilities: Sidelined or Mainstreamed?
TL;DR: A closer look at employment, political inclusion, gender, race, ethnicity, and disability, and social inclusion in the context of a knowledge-based economy.
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The medicalisation of shyness: from social misfits to social fitness.
TL;DR: The idea that the authors are witnessing a new 'cultural epidemic' of shyness, as evidenced by increasing rates of diagnosis for Social Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder and Avoidant Personality Disorder is critically discussed.