Navigating Disability Stigma in Poland's Changing Cultural Landscape

Mirjam Holleman graduated with a PhD in Biocultural Medical Anthropology from the University of Alabama.

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: EU Goals of Integration for People with Disabilities: Challenges in Monitoring Progress and Measuring Attitudes

Chapter 2: The Management of Disability in the EU and Poland: Who is Disabled and Why Does it Matter?

Chapter 3: Theory Leading to Methods: Linking Cognitive Anthropology, Disability Theory, and Stigma

Chapter 4: Historical Background and Current Social Context: Investigating the Roots of a Polish Cultural Model of Normality and Deviance

Chapter 5: Cultural Models in Transitions: Investigating the Perpetuation and Contestation of Polish Cultural Attitudes toward Disability using Discourse Analysis

Chapter 6: Step by Step Development of a New Stigma Measurement Tool using Mixed Methods

Chapter 7: Quantitative Analysis and Results: Measuring Polish Cultural Models of Normality and Their Effects on Stigma

Chapter 8: Ethnography: Effects of Stigma on the Lived Experiences of People with Disabilities in Poland

Chapter 9: Ethnography: Coping Strategies in their Cultural Context

Conclusion

Appendix A: List of Scenarios on Survey and Variable Labels in SPSS

Appendix B: Polish Translations of Survey Questions

References

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