Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe. Volume 2

Presenting research from the first major comparative and cross-national study of active citizenship and disability in Europe, this book analyses the consequences of ongoing changes in Europe – what opportunities do persons with disabilities have to exercise Active Citizenship? Volume 2 analyses how men and women with disabilities reflexively make their way through the world, pursuing their own interests and values. It considers how their experiences, views and aspirations regarding participation vary across Europe, and draws out the implications of the findings for future disability policy in Europe and beyond.

Edited by Rune Halvorsen, Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway, Bjørn Hvinden, Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway, Julie Beadle Brown, University of Kent, UK, Mario Biggeri, University of Florence, Italy, Jan Tøssebro, NTNU Social Research, Norway and Anne Waldschmidt, University of Cologne, Germany

More information: https://www.routledge.com/Lived-Experiences-of-Persons-with-Disabilities-Active-Citizenship-and/Brown-Biggeri-Halvorsen-Hvinden-Tssebro-Waldschmidt/p/book/9781138652927

Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries weiterlesen →

… Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum

Die Tagung “Zwischen Emanzipation und Vereinnahmung. Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum” möchte die gesamte Bandbreite der Disability Studies aufzeigen und die Gründung eines deutschsprachigen Netzwerks anregen.

Mit einem Call for Papers wird dazu eingeladen, bis zum 15. Februar 2018 Abstracts für Einzelbeiträge oder Workshops einzureichen.

Weitere Informationen: https://disko18.de

Anne Waldschmidt, Hanjo Berressem, Moritz Ingwersen (Hrsg.): Culture – Theory – Disability. Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies, besprochen von Pamela L. Dale (University of Exeter).

“This is an important collection of essays that will be of interest to scholars from a range of disciplines”.

PDF-Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=50400

Public lecture by Marie Sépulchre, PhD student, Sociology Department, Uppsala University, Sweden

Swedish Disability Rights Activists claim ’Full Participation Now!’ – Constructions of citizenship by disabled people in Sweden

Time: Thursday, 23 November 2017, 12:00 – 13:30, Room: S 163

This lecture explores the citizenship of disabled people in Sweden. The first part traces the development of the legal framework outlining the citizenship rights for persons with disabilities in Sweden. The second part examines the blog ‘Full Participation Now’, which was initiated by established disability rights activists in Sweden. The lecture discusses how these Swedish disability rights activists aim to challenge a situation that they define as ‘second-class citizenship’ and aspire to ‘full citizenship’. Public lecture: Swedish Disability Rights Activists claim “Full Participation Now!” weiterlesen →