Synopses & Reviews
Drawing on new empirical research with disabled people in the UK, and considering the work of theorists such as Berlin, Habermas and Mouffe, Ellison's ideas of proactive and defensive engagement and Turner's 'sociology of the body', Angharad Beckett proposes a new model of 'active' citizenship that rests upon an understanding of 'vulnerable personhood'.
Synopsis
Reconsiders citizenship and social movement theorizing in the light of vulnerability, drawing on a case study of disability politics in the UK.
About the Author
ANGHARAD E. BECKETT is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Citizenship * Social Movements * Issues in Disability * The Views of Disabled People * Reconsidering Citizenship and Social Movements in the Light of Disability * Conclusion * Notes * References * Index