Peter Handley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4373154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Handley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Handley |
| SIGNATURE | HANDLEY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East Anglia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Contemporary Britain, The Politics Companion
The Political Thought of the Conservative Party since 1945
Theorising Disability
This article seeks to introduce the topic of disability to political theory via a discussion of some of the literature produced by disability theorists. The author argues that these more radical approaches conceptualise disability in ways that conflict with ‘common-sense’ notions of disability that tend to underpin political theoretical considerations of the topic. Furthermore, the author suggests that these more radical conceptualisations have p…
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
This article offers a critical analysis of some of the practical implications for disabled people of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992. Specifically, it raises questions about politics and the role of the law as an instrument of social change taking greater account of the interests of disabled people on the one hand, and of the reliance of the social model of disability on a strategy based upon legal rights on the other. The article also …
Trouble in Paradise - a disabled person's right to the satisfaction of a self-defined need
This paper questions the usefulness of the rights-based approach to ameliorating the social situation of disabled people in Britain and advances two criticisms. First, that rights and self-de? ned needs have been under-theorised by disability theorists to the extent that they have insuf? ciently appreciated the problems that these approaches pose. The paper suggests that rights to appropriate resources to satisfy self-de? ned needs will generate …
Theorising Disability
This article seeks to introduce the topic of disability to political theory via a discussion of some of the literature produced by disability theorists. The author argues that these more radical approaches conceptualise disability in ways that conflict with ‘common-sense’ notions of disability that tend to underpin political theoretical considerations of the topic. Furthermore, the author suggests that these more radical conceptualisations have p…
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
This article offers a critical analysis of some of the practical implications for disabled people of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992. Specifically, it raises questions about politics and the role of the law as an instrument of social change taking greater account of the interests of disabled people on the one hand, and of the reliance of the social model of disability on a strategy based upon legal rights on the other. The article also …
Trouble in Paradise - a disabled person's right to the satisfaction of a self-defined need
This paper questions the usefulness of the rights-based approach to ameliorating the social situation of disabled people in Britain and advances two criticisms. First, that rights and self-de? ned needs have been under-theorised by disability theorists to the extent that they have insuf? ciently appreciated the problems that these approaches pose. The paper suggests that rights to appropriate resources to satisfy self-de? ned needs will generate …
The Political Thought of the Conservative Party since 1945
Trouble in Paradise - a disabled person's right to the satisfaction of a self-defined need
This paper questions the usefulness of the rights-based approach to ameliorating the social situation of disabled people in Britain and advances two criticisms. First, that rights and self-de? ned needs have been under-theorised by disability theorists to the extent that they have insuf? ciently appreciated the problems that these approaches pose. The paper suggests that rights to appropriate resources to satisfy self-de? ned needs will generate …
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
This article offers a critical analysis of some of the practical implications for disabled people of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992. Specifically, it raises questions about politics and the role of the law as an instrument of social change taking greater account of the interests of disabled people on the one hand, and of the reliance of the social model of disability on a strategy based upon legal rights on the other. The article also …
Theorising Disability
This article seeks to introduce the topic of disability to political theory via a discussion of some of the literature produced by disability theorists. The author argues that these more radical approaches conceptualise disability in ways that conflict with ‘common-sense’ notions of disability that tend to underpin political theoretical considerations of the topic. Furthermore, the author suggests that these more radical conceptualisations have p…
The Political Thought of the Conservative Party since 1945
Contemporary Britain, The Politics Companion
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works) · American political science (2 works) · Comparative politics (2 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)