Hello Stephen. I myself prefer the views of Tom Shakespeare, from the social
model perspective. Shelly Tremain's point' 'The social model...is a
paradigmatic example of the juridical conception of power that has prevailed
in disability studies" (Foucault and the Government of Disability 2005) is
not exhaustive, in my view. Yes she has a point (I.e impairment/disabled
dichotomy), but from my readings of Michael Oliver's books, I cannot see
that the social model has that juridical conception of power. In fact,
Oliver is more than conversant with Foucauldian analysis too. It is a chick,
in my views, to say that the social model has a juricalised view of the
world. Is Michael Oliver comparable with Roscoe Pound ( 'social
engineering')?. No, no. The social model is political philosophy of the
1960's- 1990s.Disabled people today have some access to education/employment
because the social model! Would that be achieved without the
impairment/disability dichotomy. NO. Foucault in the same period, lets not
forget made many mistakes of judgements in his life time derived from his
fascinating analysis I.e Iran crisis). Andy
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Subject: Re: Social vs. impairment models
> Hiya - not sure if this is the sort of thing you might be interested in
but
> I recently came across some work by Shelly Tremain that highlights some
> conceptual problems with the social model. There are a few but see 'On the
> Government of Disability' 2001 27/4 617-636 in Social theory and practice.
> It draws on Foucault and asserts problems with the disability / impairment
> distinction and how modern power relations / political arrangements
produce
> subjects who have impairments. I think it makes some good points.
>
> stephen
>
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