Malmö University Publications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Accessibility Denied: Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6532-5549
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9039-2201
Lunds universitet.
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 [en]
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: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-46655DOI: 10.4324/9781003120452ISBN: 978-0-367-63728-6 (print)ISBN: 978-0-367-63730-9 (print)ISBN: 978-1-003-12045-2 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-46655DiVA, id: diva2:1609136
Available from: 2021-11-06 Created: 2021-11-06 Last updated: 2022-07-14Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(8478 kB)1831 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 8478 kBChecksum SHA-512
67429d6f8a5144b961449cc76c19ad0dc84fa82c27f1b553063cd4735091100be1b6c0e641a561dd6ada373d8f49ac578da311dddc619974a3409e902fe8c259
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full text

Authority records

Egard, HannaHansson, Kristofer

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Egard, HannaHansson, Kristofer
By organisation
Department of Social Work (SA)
Social WorkSociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)Ethnology

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 1841 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 1139 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf