Open this publication in new window or tab >>2022 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries to set an example of how to study exclusion in a time when numerous policies promise inclusion. With 12 chapters organised in three parts, the book takes a comprehensive approach to accessibility, covering transport and communication, knowledge and education, law and organisation. Topics within a wide cross-disciplinary field are covered, including disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, and history. The main example is Sweden, with its implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within the context of the Nordic welfare state. By identifying and discussing persistent social and cultural conditions as well as recurring situations and interactions that nurture resistance to advancing accessibility, despite various strong laws promoting it, the book’s conclusions are widely transferable. It argues for the value of alternating between methods, theoretical perspectives, and datasets to explore how new arenas, resources and technologies cause new accessibility concerns — and possibilities — for persons living with impairments. We need to be able to follow actors closely to uncover how they feel, act, and argue, but also to connect to wider discursive and institutional patterns and systems. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, political science, and organisation studies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2022. p. 30
Series
Interdisciplinary Disability Studies, ISSN 2693-4418, E-ISSN 2693-440X
Keywords
resistance, disability, inclusion, accessibility, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
National Category
Social Work Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) Ethnology
Research subject
Health and society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-46655 (URN)10.4324/9781003120452 (DOI)978-0-367-63728-6 (ISBN)978-0-367-63730-9 (ISBN)978-1-003-12045-2 (ISBN)
2021-11-062021-11-062022-07-14Bibliographically approved