Michael Oliver
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Oliver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliver |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | École Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8800-7076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 33 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Place Matters
Structural inequities-poverty, housing instability, and unequal healthcare access-drive hypertension disparities. Multi-sector interventions targeting upstream SDOH (e.g., affordable housing, equitable healthcare, and community wellness programs) are critical to reduce cardiovascular risk. Policy reforms prioritizing place based strategies in high-burden communities could mitigate disparities and improve population health
Exploring the Influence of Loneliness on Cognitive Decline
Objectives Loneliness is prevalent among older adults, who may experience age-related or pathological cognitive changes. However, there’s a limited understanding of how loneliness affects cognitive decline and if the relationship differs by race. This study investigates the impact of loneliness on cognitive decline among Black and White older adults. Methods 3,082 participants with 20,882 follow-ups over 10 years were included from the RUSH RADC …
A Social Robot-facilitated Performance Assessment of Self-care Skills for People with Alzheimer’s
Beyond Hypertension
Damages potentially associated with variable BP may reduce resilience to future dementia-related pathology and increased the risk of dementia more than that caused by high BP. Improved treatment and management of variable BP may help reduce cognitive decline in the older adult population
Subjective Cognitive Decline Is Associated With Lower Baseline Cognition and Increased Rate of Cognitive Decline
The observed results reveal that older adults with SCD+ have lower baseline cognition and steeper declines in cognition over time compared to SCD-. Older adults with SCD may be aware of subtle cognitive declines that occur over time in global cognition, episodic memory, semantic memory, perceptual speed, visuospatial ability, and working memory compared to those without SCD
"James Baldwin and the "Lie of Whiteness
This article is an attempt to draw on James Baldwin's depiction of white identity as the "the lie of whiteness" to tease out a nascent ethics that centers the role of genuine, honest confrontation with this so-called "lie." In order to connect the dots between excavation of Baldwin's lie of whiteness and the provinces of religious ethics, we will explore the role that truth-telling plays in the form of something like a religious notion of confess…
Activism and the academy
In this article written in the summer of 2018 Professor Michael Oliver sought to convey a sense of urgency about the need to reinvigorate the relationship between disability, the academy and activism. In his usual clear unswerving style that is both liberating and enabling in its directness he calls upon all engaged with the journal to remember that the foundations of disability studies emerged out of democratic organisations of disabled people a…
The capital market is dead’
This article describes how and why the Thatcher government introduced index‐linked gilts in 1981. It outlines the earlier deliberations by the monetary authorities during the 1950s and 1960s on how an indexed government security might help or hinder the fight against inflation. Although these discussions came to nothing, rising inflation and increasing difficulties with managing the gilt‐edged market during the 1970s revived interest in the index…
Wellness among African-American and Caucasian students attending a predominantly White institution
The wellness movement is growing on college campuses; however, the examination of race is lacking. We examined aspects of physical and emotional well-being as a function of race in 197 college students at a predominantly White institution. Results revealed racial differences on diet, F(1, 196) = 7.537, p = 0.007 and resilient coping, F(1, 196) = 8.614, p = 0.004. Furthermore, regression analyses revealed that the association between stress and co…
The Bank of England, 1950s to 1979 – By Forrest Capie
The New Politics of Disablement
Introduction.- PART I: CONCEPTS AND ORIGINS The Importance of Definitions in the Disablility Debate.- The Origins of Disability Studies.- The Rise of Disabling Capitalism.- PART II: REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCOURSES Ideology and the Disabled Individual.- Constructing Disabled Identities.- Creating the Disability Problem.- PART III: AGENDAS AND ACTIONS Dealing with Disabling Society.- Resisting the Disabling Society.- Doing Disability Studies
The two sterling crises of 1964
In a recent article in this journal, Newton claimed that there were two sterling crises in the autumn of 1964 and that the government response to the second crisis followed a 'textbook reaction'. This comment challenges both suggestions and argues that there was one sterling crisis and that the government did not deal with the crisis adequately
The Management of Sterling, 1964-1967
IN a recent article in this journal, Scott Newton has suggested that the 1967 devaluation of sterling ‘followed neither from policy mistakes by the government nor from the performance of the balance of payments current account’.1 Instead, he contends that the devaluation was a response to changes within the international economy. His revisionist argument—which builds on the work of others who have been sympathetic to the economic policies of the …
Understanding Disability
Keynes, the Keynesians and monetarism – By Tim Congdon
Downhill from devaluation
The devaluation of 1967 and the float of 1972 have become two of the key cornerstones in the analysis of sterling under the Bretton Woods system. Sterling's fortunes between 1968 and 1972 have not been so well documented. This article uncovers new evidence about the pound for this period, including the British government's contingency plans for blocking the sterling balances as a means to negate the weakness of sterling following the 1967 devalua…
Science-policy integration needs in support of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
Science and policy interface
Learning and Change in 20th‐Century British Economic Policy
Despite considerable interest in the means by which policy learning occurs, and in how it is that the framework of policy may be subject to radical change, the “black box” of economic policy making remains surprisingly murky. This article utilizes Peter Hall's concept of “social learning” to develop a more sophisticated model of policy learning; one in which paradigm failure does not necessarily lead to wholesale paradigm replacement, and in whic…
Three Strikes
Thursday's Children
The macroeconomic policies of Mr Lawson
The recent ICBH Witness Seminar on the 1987 stock market crash was notable for the reluctance of Lord Lawson and Sir Peter Middleton to engage in any discussion on macroeconomic policy at the time of the crash. This article will show that as Chancellor, Lawson had made many ill‐judged decisions over monetary policy by October 1987 and continued to do so after the crash. The article will trace the origins of these decisions and examine how the wor…
The Social Model in Context
As one of the originators of discussions about disability models, it is important that I clarify some of the issues I intended to raise when I began to write about the individual and social models of disability as I saw them (Oliver 1983). Before so doing, it is necessary to state at the outset however, that in claiming parental rights to disability models, I am not seeking personal aggrandizement nor indeed to deny the very real contribution tha…
Understanding Disability
Understanding disability
A development of some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen since the mid-1970s. By relating these developments to the author's own biography throughout this time, this text challenges the personal and social perceptions of disability
Learning and Change in 20th‐Century British Economic Policy
Despite considerable interest in the means by which policy learning occurs, and in how it is that the framework of policy may be subject to radical change, the “black box” of economic policy making remains surprisingly murky. This article utilizes Peter Hall's concept of “social learning” to develop a more sophisticated model of policy learning; one in which paradigm failure does not necessarily lead to wholesale paradigm replacement, and in whic…
Science-policy integration needs in support of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
The Passionate Debate
Activism and the academy
In this article written in the summer of 2018 Professor Michael Oliver sought to convey a sense of urgency about the need to reinvigorate the relationship between disability, the academy and activism. In his usual clear unswerving style that is both liberating and enabling in its directness he calls upon all engaged with the journal to remember that the foundations of disability studies emerged out of democratic organisations of disabled people a…
Wellness among African-American and Caucasian students attending a predominantly White institution
The wellness movement is growing on college campuses; however, the examination of race is lacking. We examined aspects of physical and emotional well-being as a function of race in 197 college students at a predominantly White institution. Results revealed racial differences on diet, F(1, 196) = 7.537, p = 0.007 and resilient coping, F(1, 196) = 8.614, p = 0.004. Furthermore, regression analyses revealed that the association between stress and co…
Social Purpose for Canada
Downhill from devaluation
The devaluation of 1967 and the float of 1972 have become two of the key cornerstones in the analysis of sterling under the Bretton Woods system. Sterling's fortunes between 1968 and 1972 have not been so well documented. This article uncovers new evidence about the pound for this period, including the British government's contingency plans for blocking the sterling balances as a means to negate the weakness of sterling following the 1967 devalua…
Subjective Cognitive Decline Is Associated With Lower Baseline Cognition and Increased Rate of Cognitive Decline
The observed results reveal that older adults with SCD+ have lower baseline cognition and steeper declines in cognition over time compared to SCD-. Older adults with SCD may be aware of subtle cognitive declines that occur over time in global cognition, episodic memory, semantic memory, perceptual speed, visuospatial ability, and working memory compared to those without SCD
The capital market is dead’
This article describes how and why the Thatcher government introduced index‐linked gilts in 1981. It outlines the earlier deliberations by the monetary authorities during the 1950s and 1960s on how an indexed government security might help or hinder the fight against inflation. Although these discussions came to nothing, rising inflation and increasing difficulties with managing the gilt‐edged market during the 1970s revived interest in the index…
The Management of Sterling, 1964-1967
IN a recent article in this journal, Scott Newton has suggested that the 1967 devaluation of sterling ‘followed neither from policy mistakes by the government nor from the performance of the balance of payments current account’.1 Instead, he contends that the devaluation was a response to changes within the international economy. His revisionist argument—which builds on the work of others who have been sympathetic to the economic policies of the …
The macroeconomic policies of Mr Lawson
The recent ICBH Witness Seminar on the 1987 stock market crash was notable for the reluctance of Lord Lawson and Sir Peter Middleton to engage in any discussion on macroeconomic policy at the time of the crash. This article will show that as Chancellor, Lawson had made many ill‐judged decisions over monetary policy by October 1987 and continued to do so after the crash. The article will trace the origins of these decisions and examine how the wor…
Social Purpose for Canada
Social Work with Disabled People
This book has been substantially revised to take into account the legislative changes since 1983 and the theoretical developments in the field of disability. Whilst continuing to highlight the negativ
The Politics of Disablement — New Social Movements
The preceding analysis has suggested that disabled people cannot look to either the welfare state or traditional political activities to effect considerable material and social improvements in the quality of their lives. The only hope, therefore, is that the disability movement will continue to grow in strength and consequently have a substantial impact on the politics of welfare provision. This chapter will thus consider the emergence of new pol…
The Politics of Disablement
Introduction - Disability Definitions: The Politics of Meaning - The Cultural Production of Impairment and Disability - Disability and the Rise of Capitalism - The Ideological Construction of Disability - The Structuring of Disabled Identities - The Social Construction of the Disability Problem - The Politics of Disablement: Existing Possibilities - The Politics of Disablement: New Social Movements - Postscript: The Wind is Blowing - Bibliography…
La trahison des clercs
La trahison des clercs: «Québec, Duplessis et après...». An article from journal Bulletin d'histoire politique (Les intellectuels et la politique dans le Québec contemporain. Actes du colloque du 20 mai 1994), on Érudit
The Passionate Debate
The Social Model in Context
As one of the originators of discussions about disability models, it is important that I clarify some of the issues I intended to raise when I began to write about the individual and social models of disability as I saw them (Oliver 1983). Before so doing, it is necessary to state at the outset however, that in claiming parental rights to disability models, I am not seeking personal aggrandizement nor indeed to deny the very real contribution tha…
Understanding Disability
Understanding disability
A development of some of the main themes and issues surrounding disability that have arisen since the mid-1970s. By relating these developments to the author's own biography throughout this time, this text challenges the personal and social perceptions of disability
Fundamental Principles of Disability
The purpose of giving this chapter a similar title to the Fundamental Principles document is because it is deliberately derivative of it. I, and many other disabled people, openly acknowledge our debt to the document in the way it shaped our own understanding of disability. The document has never been widely available and with the demise of the Union in 1991, it will become increasingly difficult to obtain
A response to Denham and Garnett's ‘the nature and impact of think tanks in contemporary Britain’
Until the publication of Richard Cockett's book, Thinking the Unthinkable, in 1994, the history of think tanks in twentieth‐century Britain had been relatively neglected in the literature. In the previous volume Denham and Gamett made several attempts to criticise Cockett's work and to reassess both the nature and impact of think tanks in contemporary Britain. However, far from repudiating Cockett's analysis, their article merely confirms the inf…
The macroeconomic policies of Mr Lawson
The recent ICBH Witness Seminar on the 1987 stock market crash was notable for the reluctance of Lord Lawson and Sir Peter Middleton to engage in any discussion on macroeconomic policy at the time of the crash. This article will show that as Chancellor, Lawson had made many ill‐judged decisions over monetary policy by October 1987 and continued to do so after the crash. The article will trace the origins of these decisions and examine how the wor…
Thursday's Children
Three Strikes
Learning and Change in 20th‐Century British Economic Policy
Despite considerable interest in the means by which policy learning occurs, and in how it is that the framework of policy may be subject to radical change, the “black box” of economic policy making remains surprisingly murky. This article utilizes Peter Hall's concept of “social learning” to develop a more sophisticated model of policy learning; one in which paradigm failure does not necessarily lead to wholesale paradigm replacement, and in whic…
Science-policy integration needs in support of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
Science and policy interface
Downhill from devaluation
The devaluation of 1967 and the float of 1972 have become two of the key cornerstones in the analysis of sterling under the Bretton Woods system. Sterling's fortunes between 1968 and 1972 have not been so well documented. This article uncovers new evidence about the pound for this period, including the British government's contingency plans for blocking the sterling balances as a means to negate the weakness of sterling following the 1967 devalua…
Understanding Disability
Keynes, the Keynesians and monetarism – By Tim Congdon
The Management of Sterling, 1964-1967
IN a recent article in this journal, Scott Newton has suggested that the 1967 devaluation of sterling ‘followed neither from policy mistakes by the government nor from the performance of the balance of payments current account’.1 Instead, he contends that the devaluation was a response to changes within the international economy. His revisionist argument—which builds on the work of others who have been sympathetic to the economic policies of the …
The Bank of England, 1950s to 1979 – By Forrest Capie
The New Politics of Disablement
Introduction.- PART I: CONCEPTS AND ORIGINS The Importance of Definitions in the Disablility Debate.- The Origins of Disability Studies.- The Rise of Disabling Capitalism.- PART II: REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCOURSES Ideology and the Disabled Individual.- Constructing Disabled Identities.- Creating the Disability Problem.- PART III: AGENDAS AND ACTIONS Dealing with Disabling Society.- Resisting the Disabling Society.- Doing Disability Studies
The two sterling crises of 1964
In a recent article in this journal, Newton claimed that there were two sterling crises in the autumn of 1964 and that the government response to the second crisis followed a 'textbook reaction'. This comment challenges both suggestions and argues that there was one sterling crisis and that the government did not deal with the crisis adequately
Activism and the academy
In this article written in the summer of 2018 Professor Michael Oliver sought to convey a sense of urgency about the need to reinvigorate the relationship between disability, the academy and activism. In his usual clear unswerving style that is both liberating and enabling in its directness he calls upon all engaged with the journal to remember that the foundations of disability studies emerged out of democratic organisations of disabled people a…
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