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Critical theory and Independent Living

By Teodor Mladenov

Critical theory and Independent Living
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  • ISBN: 9781526175151
  • Publish Date: Dec 2024
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: Hardcover
    • Pages: 216
    • Price: £85.00
    • Published Date: December 2024
    • Series: Critical Theory and Contemporary Society

    Description

    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.

    Contents

    Introduction
    1 Disability and independence
    2 The European Network on Independent Living
    3 Independent Living and the state
    4 Independent Living and the market
    5 Independent Living and the family
    6 Independent Living, deinstitutionalisation, and personal assistance
    7 Independent Living and other critical positions
    Conclusion
    Index

    Author

    Teodor Mladenov is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Dundee.

    Critical theory and Independent Living

    By Teodor Mladenov

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