Resistance, transformation and the politics of hope: Imagining a way forward for the disabled people's movement

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-556

  Peters, Susan ^a   Gabel, Susan ^b   Symeonidou, Simoni ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Disabled peoples movement; Resistance; Social model

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949140273     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590903010875     Document Type: Article

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