The Capacity Contract: Intellectual Disability and the Question of Citizenship
Author:   Stacy Clifford Simplican
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
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Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 March 2015
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Author:   Stacy Clifford Simplican
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780816694037


ISBN 10:   0816694036
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Contents Abbreviations Introduction: Anxiety, Democracy, and Disability 1. Locke’s Capacity Contract and the Construction of Idiocy 2. Manufacturing Anxiety: The Medicalization of Mental Defect 3. The Disavowal of Disability in Contemporary Contract Theory 4. Rethinking Political Agency: Arendt and the Self-Advocacy Movement 5. Self-Advocates and Allies Becoming Empowered Acknowledgments Notes Index

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The Capacity Contract brings much-needed insights to both political theory and disability studies. Its original analysis calls for the fuller recognition of the contributions of the intellectually disabled and their social inclusion as citizens. --Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College


The Capacity Contract brings much-needed insights to both political theory and disability studies. Its original analysis calls for the fuller recognition of the contributions of the intellectually disabled and their social inclusion as citizens. Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College


A very interesting read. Catholic Medical Quarterly Simplican presents a rich analysis of the role of capacity in classic political philosophy and offers a significant contribution to the field. Disability Studies Quarterly The Capacity Contract should be required reading not just for political theorists but for everybody conscientious about being alerted to unconscious patterns of bias and exclusion in their everyday lives and practices. The Review of Politics


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Stacy Clifford Simplican is a postdoctoral fellow at Michigan State University and the DOCTRID Research Institute, which focuses on improving the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities.

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