Disability and Postsocialism - Teodor Mladenov

Disability and Postsocialism

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Buch | Hardcover
122 Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-23446-8 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
This book examines the commodification of labour and overvaluation of economic efficiency along with its influence on disability policy and disabled people. It illuminates continuities between state socialism and postsocialist capitalism, providing a broad critique of contemporary neoliberalism and its impact on individual and collective life.
In the decades following the collapse of state socialism at the end of 1980s, disabled people in Central and Eastern Europe endured economic marginalisation, cultural devaluation and political disempowerment. Some of the mechanisms producing these injustices were inherited from state socialism, while others emerged with postsocialist neoliberalisation.

State socialism promised social security guaranteed by the public, and postsocialist neoliberalisation promised independent living underpinned by the market. This book argues that both promises failed as far as disabled people were concerned, drawing on a wide range of scholarly reports and analyses, policy documents, legislation, and historical accounts, as well as on disability studies and social justice theory. Besides differences, the book also illuminates continuities between state socialism and postsocialist capitalism, providing on this basis a more general and historically grounded critique of contemporary neoliberalisation and its impact on individual and collective life.

The book will appeal to anyone interested in disability studies and postsocialism, as well as social policy, social movements and critical theory. It will also be of interest to professionals involved in disability-related service provision, as well as to disability activists and policy makers.

Teodor Mladenov is currently Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the European Network on Independent Living, and was formerly Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College London. He is author of Critical Theory and Disability: A Phenomenological Approach (2015, Bloomsbury). In the period 2000–2009, Teodor was actively involved in disabled people’s advocacy for equality and emancipation in Bulgaria.

Preface; Introduction: key terms; Disability; State socialism; Neoliberalism; Postsocialism; Social justice; References; Chapter 1: Disability and maldistribution; State socialist legacy; Sheltered workshops; Residential institutions; Postsocialist neoliberalisation; Retrenchment of public support; Workfare; References; Chapter 2: Disability and misrecognition; State socialist legacy; Postsocialist neoliberalisation; Stigmatisation of public assistance; Overvaluation of self-sufficiency and responsibilisation; References; Chapter 3: Disability and misrepresentation; State socialist legacy; Postsocialist neoliberalisation; Depoliticisation through service provision; Tokenistic participation; References; Conclusion: postsocialist disability matrix; The question of agency; Advocacy for the right to work; Advocacy for user-led personal assistance; Concluding remarks; References; Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Zusatzinfo 3 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 344 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-23446-X / 113823446X
ISBN-13 978-1-138-23446-8 / 9781138234468
Zustand Neuware
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