På egna eller andras villkor? - Historiska konstruktion av funktionshinder inom socialpolitiken
(2023) SOPB63 20231School of Social Work
- Abstract
- In Sweden, people with disabilities have had various designations, and several new legislations concerning this group have been introduced over the past 50 years. The aim of this study was to examine the historical development of disability policy and the portrayal of individuals with disabilities in a political context during the period 1944-1993. The method employed was a qualitative discourse analysis on disability policy propositions from 1944, 1967, and 1993. In analyzing the results, discourse theory and the concept of normality were utilized to illuminate the construction and transformation of disability as a social phenomenon. The discourses identified in the propositions were the individual as their disability/individual with a... (More)
- In Sweden, people with disabilities have had various designations, and several new legislations concerning this group have been introduced over the past 50 years. The aim of this study was to examine the historical development of disability policy and the portrayal of individuals with disabilities in a political context during the period 1944-1993. The method employed was a qualitative discourse analysis on disability policy propositions from 1944, 1967, and 1993. In analyzing the results, discourse theory and the concept of normality were utilized to illuminate the construction and transformation of disability as a social phenomenon. The discourses identified in the propositions were the individual as their disability/individual with a disability, desirable/undesirable, independence/dependence, the influence of the environment on the individual/individual's influence on the environment, self-determination/external control, and inclusion/exclusion as part of a community. The study revealed a shift in the perception of the meaning of disability in relation to these discourses. In the initial proposition, individuals with disabilities were seen as defective individuals to be controlled and segregated from the rest of society. This perception underwent partial transformation in the 1967 proposition and ultimately, in the 1993 proposition, the pursuit of normalization emerged with a focus on the rights and self-determination of the individual. Despite the improvement in the portrayal of people with disabilities and society's responsibility for enabling participation, we found that the group is still depicted as marginalized and in need, and disability itself is seen as undesirable. (Less)
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- author
- Doschori Nordström, Maria LU and Bolin, Jenny LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Disability, Discourse, Normalcy, Deviance, Rights. Funktionshinder, Diskurs, normalitet, avvikelse, rättigheter
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9119059
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-08 14:46:22
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abstract = {{In Sweden, people with disabilities have had various designations, and several new legislations concerning this group have been introduced over the past 50 years. The aim of this study was to examine the historical development of disability policy and the portrayal of individuals with disabilities in a political context during the period 1944-1993. The method employed was a qualitative discourse analysis on disability policy propositions from 1944, 1967, and 1993. In analyzing the results, discourse theory and the concept of normality were utilized to illuminate the construction and transformation of disability as a social phenomenon. The discourses identified in the propositions were the individual as their disability/individual with a disability, desirable/undesirable, independence/dependence, the influence of the environment on the individual/individual's influence on the environment, self-determination/external control, and inclusion/exclusion as part of a community. The study revealed a shift in the perception of the meaning of disability in relation to these discourses. In the initial proposition, individuals with disabilities were seen as defective individuals to be controlled and segregated from the rest of society. This perception underwent partial transformation in the 1967 proposition and ultimately, in the 1993 proposition, the pursuit of normalization emerged with a focus on the rights and self-determination of the individual. Despite the improvement in the portrayal of people with disabilities and society's responsibility for enabling participation, we found that the group is still depicted as marginalized and in need, and disability itself is seen as undesirable.}},
author = {{Doschori Nordström, Maria and Bolin, Jenny}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{På egna eller andras villkor? - Historiska konstruktion av funktionshinder inom socialpolitiken}},
year = {{2023}},
}