Disability Protests: Contentious Politics, 1970 - 1999

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
1. History of Disability in America: How Collective Action Became Possible......Page 26
2. Collective Consciousness and a Profile of Issues......Page 56
3. The Social Basis for Movement Formation and Mobilization......Page 82
4. A Profile of Contentious Actions: How Success Became Possible......Page 91
5. Cross-Disability and Impairment-Specific Protests: Social Movement Unity and Disunity......Page 134
6. Changes in Protests Over Time: Increased Heterogeneity, Decreased Societal Attention......Page 164
7. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act:The Effects of Cross-Disability Successes......Page 185
8. The Deaf President Now Protest: The Effect of an Impairment-Specific Success......Page 217
9. Looking to the New Millennium......Page 239
10. Conclusion: Against All Odds and Contrary to the Conventional Wisdom......Page 247
Appendix A: List of Acronyms......Page 250
Appendix B: Methodology......Page 252
References......Page 268
Index......Page 286