Ensuring the citizenship rights of disabled people: A matter rights or a matter of costs?
(2020) In Alter - European Journal of Disability Research 14(2). p.114-127- Abstract
- While the rights of disabled people are widely recognised by gov-
ernments around the world, the costs of disability measures seem
to be a major barrier to their implementation. Disability research
needs therefore to engage with the issue of costs in disability pol-
itics. Drawing upon citizenship theory, this article considers the
salience of costs in the development of citizenship rights for vari-
ous groups of citizens in a given socio-economic context. Moreover,
it highlights the role of social movements in this development and
their need to navigate the recognition-redistribution dilemma. The
article proposes that the written claims of disability activists offer
a rich empirical material to... (More) - While the rights of disabled people are widely recognised by gov-
ernments around the world, the costs of disability measures seem
to be a major barrier to their implementation. Disability research
needs therefore to engage with the issue of costs in disability pol-
itics. Drawing upon citizenship theory, this article considers the
salience of costs in the development of citizenship rights for vari-
ous groups of citizens in a given socio-economic context. Moreover,
it highlights the role of social movements in this development and
their need to navigate the recognition-redistribution dilemma. The
article proposes that the written claims of disability activists offer
a rich empirical material to unpack the complexity of costs in dis-
ability politics in a given context. Focusing on the case of Sweden,
the article examines 312 blog posts and 162 debate articles. Three
different ways of referring to costs are discussed, as the analysis
shows that the disability activists criticise, embrace and reframe
the issue of costs in disability politics. (Less)
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- author
- Sepulchre, Marie LU
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- disability, activism, citizenship, costs, rights, Sweden
- in
- Alter - European Journal of Disability Research
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 114 - 127
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85082803811
- ISSN
- 1875-0672
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.alter.2020.03.001
- language
- English
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- cd8bbe1f-bc6e-433c-bf88-f7a31e810f62
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abstract = {{While the rights of disabled people are widely recognised by gov-<br/>ernments around the world, the costs of disability measures seem<br/>to be a major barrier to their implementation. Disability research<br/>needs therefore to engage with the issue of costs in disability pol-<br/>itics. Drawing upon citizenship theory, this article considers the<br/>salience of costs in the development of citizenship rights for vari-<br/>ous groups of citizens in a given socio-economic context. Moreover,<br/>it highlights the role of social movements in this development and<br/>their need to navigate the recognition-redistribution dilemma. The<br/>article proposes that the written claims of disability activists offer<br/>a rich empirical material to unpack the complexity of costs in dis-<br/>ability politics in a given context. Focusing on the case of Sweden,<br/>the article examines 312 blog posts and 162 debate articles. Three<br/>different ways of referring to costs are discussed, as the analysis<br/>shows that the disability activists criticise, embrace and reframe<br/>the issue of costs in disability politics.}},
author = {{Sepulchre, Marie}},
issn = {{1875-0672}},
keywords = {{disability; activism; citizenship; costs; rights; Sweden}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{2}},
pages = {{114--127}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Alter - European Journal of Disability Research}},
title = {{Ensuring the citizenship rights of disabled people: A matter rights or a matter of costs?}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2020.03.001}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.alter.2020.03.001}},
volume = {{14}},
year = {{2020}},
}