Capitalism and Disability
Title | Capitalism and Disability PDF eBook |
Author | Marta Russell |
Publisher | Haymarket Books |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2019-08-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1608467163 |
Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this volume, Russell’s various essays are brought together in one place in order to provide a useful and expansive resource to those interested in better understanding the ways in which the modern phenomenon of disability is shaped by capitalist economic and social relations. The essays range in analysis from the theoretical to the topical, including but not limited to: the emergence of disability as a “human category” rooted in the rise of industrial capitalism and the transformation of the conditions of work, family, and society corresponding thereto; a critique of the shortcomings of a purely “civil rights approach” to addressing the persistence of disability oppression in the economic sphere, with a particular focus on the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; an examination of the changing position of disabled people within the overall system of capitalist production utilizing the Marxist economic concepts of the reserve army of the unemployed, the labor theory of value, and the exploitation of wage-labor; the effects of neoliberal capitalist policies on the living conditions and social position of disabled people as it pertains to welfare, income assistance, health care, and other social security programs; imperialism and war as a factor in the further oppression and immiseration of disabled people within the United States and globally; and the need to build unity against the divisive tendencies which hide the common economic interest shared between disabled people and the often highly-exploited direct care workers who provide services to the former.
A Very Capitalist Condition
Title | A Very Capitalist Condition PDF eBook |
Author | Roddy Slorach |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781914143984 |
What does the term 'disability' mean today? For many it is a highly negative label that they do not accept. In recent years, it has become associated with unemployment and dependence on benefits. But how were people we now call disabled treated in earlier societies? This book examines the origins and development of disability and highlights the hidden history of groups such as disabled war veterans, deaf people and those in mental distress. In a wide-ranging critique, updated with a new introduction, Roddy Slorach describes how capitalist society segregates and marginalises disabled people, turning our minds and bodies into commodities and generating new impairment and disability as it does so. He argues that Marxism not only helps provide a fuller understanding of the politics and nature of disability, but also offers a vision of how disabled people can play a part in building a better world for all.
The Biopolitics of Disability
Title | The Biopolitics of Disability PDF eBook |
Author | David T. Mitchell |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2015-06-02 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0472052713 |
Theorizing the role of disabled subjects in global consumer culture and the emergence of alternative crip/queer subjectivities in film, fiction, media, and art
Disability Politics and Theory
Title | Disability Politics and Theory PDF eBook |
Author | A.J. Withers |
Publisher | Fernwood Publishing |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 2020-06-19T00:00:00Z |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1773633430 |
An accessible introduction to disability studies, Disability Politics and Theory provides a concise survey of disability history, exploring the concept of disability as it has been conceived from the late 19th century to the present. Further, A.J. Withers examines when, how and why new categories of disability are created and describes how capitalism benefits from and enforces disabled people’s oppression. Critiquing the model that currently dominates the discipline, the social model of disability, this book offers an alternative: the radical disability model. This model builds on the social model but draws from more recent schools of radical thought, particularly feminism and critical race theory, to emphasize the role of intersecting oppressions in the marginalization of disabled people and the importance of addressing disability both independently and in conjunction with other oppressions. Intertwining theoretical and historical analysis with personal experience this book is a poignant portrayal of disabled people in Canada and the U.S. – and a radical call for social and economic justice.
A Quarter-century of Normalization and Social Role Valorization
Title | A Quarter-century of Normalization and Social Role Valorization PDF eBook |
Author | Robert John Flynn |
Publisher | University of Ottawa Press |
Pages | 586 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0776604856 |
During the late 1960s, Normalization and Social Role Valorization (SRV) enabled the widespread emergence of community residential options and then provided the philosophical climate within which educational integration, supported employment, and community participation were able to take firm root. This book is unique in tracing the evolution and impact of Normalization and SRV over the last quarter-century, with many of the chapter authors personally involved in a still-evolving international movement. Published in English.
The Politics of Disablement
Title | The Politics of Disablement PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Oliver |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780312046583 |
This is essential reading for anyone who wished to understand the true nature of disability, especially as disability comes to occupy a more prominent place on the political agenda.
Beyond Ramps
Title | Beyond Ramps PDF eBook |
Author | Marta Russell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
The Social Contract -- Rousseau's famous term concerning the bond between a government and it's people -- has been sold to the highest bidder. Freedom is reserved only for markets in a society increasingly strangled by corporate of power.Empowerment is the new definition of destitution.By looking at the struggles of the disabled faced with the end of social services, Ending the Social Contract as We Know It provides a powerful warning: the disabled are as canaries in a coal mine, and their maltreatment is a harbinger of things to come for the rest of us.In a tightly woven argument, Marta Russell shows how the onslaught of corporate power facing the disabled -- from issues like genetic screening, to restricted access to health care, to welfare reform -- will shortly be faced by a much broader segment of society.