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Crippled

Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People

Frances Ryan

Crippled
Crippled

Crippled

Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People

Frances Ryan

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New updated edition includes the impact of COVID on Britain's 14 million disabled people

Everyone should read this book.

Frances Ryan's Crippled powerfully brings into sharp focus the lived experiences of disabled people.

A powerful book ... Austerity kills and it is killing disabled people. Ryan does a brilliant job of describing the human costs.

A blistering polemic, full of telling details.

This powerful book by respected journalist, Frances Ryan is the perfect wake-up call for anyone sleep-walking through austerity.

Comprehensively and competently dissects the spin behind austerity, and its most unpardonable effects.

Crippled is a timely read that could bring anyone out of a Brexit news-induced stupor.

In Crippled, Frances Ryan, a fine journalist, broadcaster and campaigner for disability rights, robustly stacks up the evidence that ought to put politicians - especially chancellors - in the dock.

A devastating look at both the policies that impact disabled people and the toxic rhetoric behind them - and what needs to change to make it right.

A devastatingly on-point critique of austerity politics and the worsening attitudes towards those with disabilities.

Frances and her columns were a constant source of inspiration as we researched and prepared I, Daniel Blake. She never loses sympathy for the human experience, nor lets the personal story undermine the razor sharp analysis of power. Crippled is another stunning piece of investigative journalism. It does make the blood boil, and cuts right through the propaganda.

Fiercely angry, compulsory, and shocking reading - shining a vital light on the cruelty austerity Britain has meted out to those with disabilities. Do not look away. Read this and fight back.

A brilliant, bitter blend of polemic and reportage that is certainly worthy of Orwell but which, more importantly, is eminently worthy of the betrayed citizens whose lives have been blighted by Tory austerity. It's high time a writer should do our disabled friends, family, colleagues and neighbours justice. It is forensic in its condemnation. It will make you rage.

I wish I could force everyone in the UK to read this book. It's a ferocious, thoroughly substantiated
indictment of this government's maltreatment of its disabled children, women and men. It's not a secret that austerity is a choice, but Frances Ryan intimately maps this calculated evil and the cost, in lives, it exacts.

A fascinating insight into the harsh realities of living as a disabled person in the 21st century. A must read for anyone with a conscience

This devastating depiction of the impact of austerity on disabled people should shake our political system to its foundations. Frances Ryan forensically exposes the scandalous politics that have left so many disabled people cold, hungry, living in poverty and pain and often suicidal. It's a cry from the heart but more importantly it's a determined demand for change.

Frances Ryan reminds us what real investigative journalism looks like - except that this is a book, compelling in the case it makes. Vulnerable, disabled people are treated with conscious cruelty by politicians who have closed their eyes to the despair they have caused. We know that the welfare state has been almost wrecked, but Frances Ryan's impeccable research shows, in detail, what this means in the daily lives of those with disabilities. Keep this book on your shelves, refer to it often, and use the ammunition in its pages to bring back compassion and dignity for all our citizens.

No one has done more to shed light on how austerity is harming disabled peoples lives. This book is so important, it should be read at least by every policy maker in the country.

Ryan is an expert in her field. Furthermore, as a disabled person writing about disabled peopleas rights and issues, her voice is a vital addition to the debate. Essential reading.

This book should be widely read. Students of disability, those who work with us in any capacity and those who study social policy will particularly benefit from reading Crippled.

should become a classic of disability literature. Every voter in Britain should read it. Every MP should be required to.

Dr. Frances Ryan is a journalist, broadcaster and campaigner. Named one of the U.K.'s most influential disabled people by the Shaw Trust in 2018, her work has taken her to lecture halls, the Women of the World Festival, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and The World Tonight, BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Sunday Politics, Channel 4 News and more. Her weekly Guardian column, Hardworking Britain, has been at the forefront of coverage of austerity over the last decade. She has a doctorate in politics from The University of Nottingham. Ryan was highly commended Specialist Journalist of the Year at the 2019 National Press Awards for her work on disability, as well as shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils 2019. This is her first book. Ryan was shortlisted for the 2020 Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism.

Specificaties

  • Uitgever
    Verso Books
  • Verschenen
    sep. 2020
  • Bladzijden
    256
  • Genre
    Politieke wetenschap en theorie
  • Afmetingen
    198 x 129 x 16 mm
  • Gewicht
    203 gram
  • EAN
    9781788739566
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Taal
    Engels

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