In this ground-breaking new work, Dan Goodley makes the case for a
novel, distinct, intellectual, and political project - dis/ability
studies - an orientation that might encourage us to think again about
the phenomena of disability and ability.
Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary areas, including sociology,
psychology, education, policy and cultural studies, this much needed
text takes the most topical and important issues in critical disability
theory, and pushes them into new theoretical territory. Goodley argues
that we are entering a time of dis/ability studies, when both categories
of disability and ability require expanding upon as a response to the
global politics of neoliberal capitalism. Divided into two parts, the
first section traces the dual processes of ableism and disablism,
suggesting that one cannot exist without the other, and makes the case
for a research-driven and intersectional analysis of dis/ability. The
second section applies this new analytical framework to a range of
critical topics, including:
Dis/ability Studies provides much needed depth, texture and analysis in
this emerging discipline. This accessible text will appeal to students
and researchers of disability across a range of disciplines, as well as
disability activists, policymakers, and practitioners working directly
with disabled people.
