Critical theory and Independent Living
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Critical theory and Independent Living

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Critical theory and Independent Living

About this book

Critical theory and Independent Living explores intersections between contemporary critical theory and disabled people's struggle for self-determination. The book highlights the affinities between the Independent Living movement and studies of epistemic injustice, biopower, and psychopower. It discusses in depth the activists' critical engagement with welfare-state paternalism, neoliberal marketisation, and familialism. This helps develop a pioneering comparison between various welfare regimes grounded in Independent Living advocacy. The book draws on the activism of disabled people from the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) by developing case studies of the ENIL's campaigning for deinstitutionalisation and personal assistance. It is argued that this work helps rethink independence as a form of interdependence, and that this reframing is pivotal for critical theorising in the twenty-first century.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Information
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of tables
  11. List of abbreviations
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 Disability and independence
  14. 2 The European Network on Independent Living
  15. 3 Independent Living and the state
  16. 4 Independent Living and the market
  17. 5 Independent Living and the family
  18. 6 Independent Living, deinstitutionalisation, and personal assistance
  19. 7 Independent Living and other critical positions
  20. Conclusion
  21. References
  22. Index