Politicising Polio
Produktnummer:
18e041f841d5d84719b057d6ecfcd84254
| Autor: | Szántó, Diana |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Global South Post War Reconstruction Sierra Leone Social Work West Africa anthropology of Africa critical global health disability studies political anthropology poverty |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 02.12.2019 |
| EAN: | 9789811361104 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 313 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Singapore |
| Untertitel: | Disability, Civil Society and Civic Agency in Sierra Leone |
Produktinformationen "Politicising Polio"
This book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone. Its protagonists are polio-disabled people living in the nation’s 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 Szántó’s 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.
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