<P>What happens when a group traditionally defined as lacking the necessary capacities of citizenship is targeted by government programs that have made ¿citizenship inclusion¿ their main goal? Combining theoretical perspectives of political philosophy, social theory, and disability studies, this book untangles the current state of Western intellectual disability politics following the replacement of state institutionalisation by independent and supported living, individual rights, and self-determination. </P><P>Taking its cue from Foucault¿s conception of ¿biopolitics¿, denoting the government of the individuals and the totality of the population, its overarching argument is that the ambiguous positioning of people with intellectual disabilities with respect to the ideals of citizenship results in a regime of government that simultaneously includes and excludes people of this group. On the one hand, its members are projected to become ideal-citizens via the cultivation of citizenship c
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This book explores why, after forty years of funded policies of social inclusion, persons living with an intellectual disability are still separated from the social fabric of neoliberal societies. David Treanor shows how the nature of the reform process...
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<P>Written with media students in mind, this accessible book provides both students and researchers with a new perspective on how to research engagement, not as a metric but as a marker of power relations. </P><P>This book navigates...
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Historical and Moral Consciousness highlights how ethics can be understood in the context of history education. It analyses the qualitative differences in how young people respond to historical and moral dilemmas of relevance to democratic values and...
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This unique monograph, based on empirical research, used the oral history approach to explore the careers of 31 intellectual disability nurses from England and the Republic of Ireland; each with at least 30 years'' experience.<div><br></div>...
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