{"product_id":"disability-politics-and-theory","title":"Disability Politics and Theory, Revised and Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eDisability Politics and Theory, a historical exploration of the concept of disability, covers the late nineteenth century to the present, introducing the main models of disability theory and politics: eugenics, medicalization, rehabilitation, charity, rights and social and disability justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA.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 currently dominant social model of disability, this book offers an alternative. The radical framework Withers puts forward draws from schools of radical thought, particularly feminism and critical race theory, to emphasize the role of interlocking oppressions in the marginalization of disabled people and the importance of addressing disability both independently and in conjunction with other oppressions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[[More Info]]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIntertwining theoretical and historical analysis with personal experience, this book is a poignant portrayal of disabled people in Canada and the U.S. - and a call for social and economic justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis revised and expanded edition includes a new chapter on the rehabilitation model, expands the discussion of eugenics, and adds the context of the growth of the disability justice movement, Black Lives Matter, calls for defunding the police, decolonial and Indigenous land protection struggles, and the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor an accessible reading guide and glossary to this book, please \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fernwoodpublishing.ca\/files\/disability-politics-theory-expanded-reading-guide.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeaching guide available. Please email examrequest@fernpub.ca for more details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-04_at_9.08.00_PM.png?v=1793844518\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 16px 16px 1px 1px; float: left;\" width=\"306\" height=\"345\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA. J. Withers organized with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty for over 20 years, including as a paid organizer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are the author of Fight to Win: Inside Poor People’s Organizing, A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working (with Chris Chapman) and Disability Politics and Theory and numerous other articles and book chapters. They are the Ruth Wynn Woodward Jr. Chair in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYear Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Fernwood Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53008088858911,"sku":"9781773635675","price":32.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/disability-politics-and-theory.jpg?v=1793844405","url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/products\/disability-politics-and-theory","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}