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Politicising Polio

Diana Sznt

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  • 313 sidor
  • 2019
This book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone. Its protagonists are polio-disabled people living in the nations capital of Freetown, organizing themselves as best as they can in a state without welfare. There is little concrete support for people with disabilities in a country where the government is struggling with the competing requirements of the international community, demanding - in exchange for its support - good standards of democracy and the maintenance of a free market economy. To what extent is the Human Rights framework of the disability movement effective in protecting the polio-disabled and what are the limitations of this framework? Diana Sznts detailed ethnography reveals, through many real-life examples, the vulnerability of disabled people living in the intersections of poverty, informality and disability activism. At the same time, it also tells about the many ways the polio-disabled community is transforming vulnerability into strength.
  • Författare: Diana Sznt
  • Illustratör: Bibliographie 65 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9789811361104
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 313
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2019-12-02
  • Förlag: Springer Verlag, Singapore