Description
Product ID: | 9781788739566 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Crippled |
Subtitle: | Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People |
Authors: | Author: Frances Ryan |
Page Count: | 256 |
Subjects: | Disability: social aspects, Disability: social aspects, Social welfare and social services, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Human rights, civil rights, Social welfare & social services, Political science & theory, Central government policies, Human rights, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating New updated edition includes the impact of COVID on Britain's 14 million disabled people The austerity crisis and threat to disability rights. New updated edition includes the impact of COVID on Britain''s 14 million disabled people. In austerity Britain, disabled people have been recast as worthless scroungers. From social care to the benefits system, politicians and the media alike have made the case that Britain’s 12 million disabled people are nothing but a drain on the public purse. In Crippled, journalist and campaigner Frances Ryan exposes the disturbing reality, telling the stories of those most affected by this devastating regime. It is at once both a damning indictment of a safety net so compromised it strangles many of those it catches and a passionate demand for an end to austerity, which hits hardest those most in need. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-01 |