Surviving the assault? the Australian disability movement and the neoliberal workfare state

Social Movement Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-154

  Soldatic, Karen ^a   Chapman, Anne ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disability movement; Employment; Neoliberal workfare; Policy restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956167096     PISSN: 14742837     EISSN: 14742829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14742831003603299     Document Type: Article

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