1st Edition

Disability and Citizenship Studies

By Marie Sépulchre Copyright 2021
230 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Focusing on the case of disability, this book examines what happens when previously marginalised individuals obtain the legal recognition of their equal citizenship rights but cannot fully enjoy these rights because of structural inequality. Bringing together disability and citizenship studies, it explores an original conceptualisation of disability as a distinct social division and approaches... Read more

Chapter 1: 'This is not citizenship'

Chapter 2: Exploring the construction of citizenship in Sweden

Chapter 3: Understanding disability and disability activism

Chapter 4: Analysing the claims of disability activists in Sweden

Chapter 5: What problems do the disability activists highlight?

Chapter 6: What solutions do the disability activists propose?

Chapter 7: Understanding the disability activists’ claims through the lens of citizenship

Biography

Marie Sépulchre is a SYLFF (Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund) postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden, and a visiting fellow at the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research at the University of Glasgow, UK.