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Author:   Allison C. Carey (Shippensburg University. USA) ,  Joan M. Ostrove (Macalester College. USA) ,  Tara Fannon (New York City Department of Education, USA)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   12
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781839093227

ISBN 10:   1839093226
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   09 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction. Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Alliances and Allyship in the Lives of People with Disabilities; Allison C. Carey, Tara Fannon, Joan M. Ostrove Part One. Structures and Systems that Shape Alliances  Chapter 1. International Rights and Local Realities: Transnational Allies of the Disability Rights Movement in China; Shixin Huang  Chapter 2. Allies, Enemies, or Indifferent? The Disability and Older Persons Movements under Neoliberalism in Jamaica; Stephen J. Meyers  Chapter 3. Impasses of Disability Alliance-building in Bulgaria: Successful Phantom Activism and Toxic Grassroots Mobilizations; Ina Dimitrova  Chapter 4. “I’ve Used My Wide Array of Skills to Create a Life for Myself”: Managing Narratives with Competing Goals in an Arts-based Disability Ally Organization; Melinda Leigh Maconi  Chapter 5. Allyship Changes in American Disability Protests Over Five Decades: An Empirical Analysis; Sharon Barnartt  Part Two. Relational Dynamics of Alliance-building  Chapter 6. Nothing About ‘Us’ Without Whom? (Re)Cognizing Alliance Between Disabled People and Care Workers in Direct-Funded Attendant Services; Erika Katzman  Chapter 7. Autistic Adult and Non-Autistic Parent Advocates: Bridging the Divide; Helen Rottier and Morton Ann Gernsbacher  Chapter 8. Becoming Allies: The Transmogrification of the Role of American Sign Language/English Interpreters during the Deaf President Now Protest; Mark Halley  Chapter 9. Can We Broaden the Neurodiversity Movement Without Weakening It?: Participatory Approaches as a Framework for Cross-Disability Alliance Building; Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Patrick Dwyer, Christopher Constantino, Steven K Kapp, Emily Hotez, Ariana Riccio, Danielle DeNigris, Bella Kofner and Eric Endlich Chapter 10. A Different Story: Narrative Allyship Across Ability; Nicki Pombier

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Allison C. Carey is professor of Sociology at Shippensburg University. She is co-author of multiple books, including Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities (2020).  Joan M. Ostrove is Professor of Psychology at Macalester College. Ostrove has co-edited special issues of the Journal of Social Issues and Disability Studies Quarterly, and her work has been published in multiple journals, including the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.  Tara Fannon is a gender and disability sociologist and interdisciplinary scholar working in disability advocacy. Her research examines the relationship between self, identities and social-structural access. Her academic work has been published in Research in Social Science and Disability and Symbolic Interaction, among others.

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