Preface
Introduction. Key Terms
Disability
State socialism
Neoliberalism
Postsocialism
Social justice
References
Chapter 1. Disability and Maldistribution
1.1 State socialist legacy
Sheltered workshops
Residential institutions
1.2 Postsocialist neoliberalisation
Retrenchment of public support
Workfare
References
Chapter 2. Disability and Misrecognition
2.1 State socialist legacy
2.2 Postsocialist neoliberalisation
Stigmatisation of public assistance
Overvaluation of self-sufficiency and responsibilisation
References
Chapter 3. Disability and Misrepresentation
3.1 State socialist legacy
3.2 Postsocialist neoliberalisation
Depoliticisation through service provision
Tokenistic participation
References
Conclusion. Postsocialist Disability Matrix
4.1 The question of agency
Advocacy for the right to work
Advocacy for user-led personal assistance
4.2 Concluding remarks
References
Index
Biography
Teodor Mladenov is currently Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the European Network on Independent Living, and was formerly Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College London. He is author of Critical Theory and Disability: A Phenomenological Approach (2015, Bloomsbury). In the period 2000–2009, Teodor was actively involved in disabled people’s advocacy for equality and emancipation in Bulgaria.
