GGRB13H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Capital Accumulation
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Disabled people represent one of the poorest groups in western society. Adopting a marxist approach, disabled people are socially excluded because they are deemed unproductive and so hinder the progress of capital accumulation. There is a natural or socialized tendency for us to categorize objects into good or bad as a basic condition for survival. The role of space in reproducing and maintaining the process of exclusion should be recognized. Merging aspects of social constructivist and political economic thought provides a more inclusive understanding of disability. Space is socially produced to exclude people in two main ways: Spaces are currently organized to keep disabled people in their place . Spaces are social texts that convey to disabled people that they are out of place . The relationship between disability and society cannot be framed within either strict economic and political terms or purely socio-cultural processes, but must encompass a mixture of the two.
