'A mockery of equality': An exploratory investigation into disabled activists' views of the Paralympic Games

Disability and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 984-996

  Braye, Stuart ^a   Dixon, Kevin ^a   Gibbons, Tom ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability politics; disability rights; disabled activists; disabled people's movement; Paralympic movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886406145     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.748648     Document Type: Article

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