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Abstract / Summary

There are over thirty million disabled people in Russia and Eastern Europe, yet their voices are rarely heard in scholarly studies of life and well-being in the region. This book brings together new research by internationally recognised local and non-native scholars in a range of countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It covers, historically, the origins of legacies that continue to affect well-being and policy in the region today. Discussions of disability in culture and society highlight the broader conditions in which disabled people must build their identities and well-being whilst in-depth biographical profiles outline what living with disabilities in the region is like. Chapters on policy interventions, including international influences, examine recent reforms and the difficulties of implementing inclusive, community-based care. The book will be of interest both to regional specialists, for whom well-being, equality and human rights are crucial concerns, and to scholars of disability and social policy internationally.

Field of Interest

Disability Studies

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2014 Michael Rasell and Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova for selection and editorial matter. Individual contributors, their contributions.

Content Type

General reference book

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2014

Page Count

293

Publication Year

2014

Publisher

Routledge (Publisher)

Place Published / Released

Abingdon, England

Series Number

94

Subject

Disability Studies, Diversity, Theory, Physical disabilities, Disabled persons, Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria, Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; Unión Soviética, União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; União Soviética, USSR (Historical Place), Soviet Union (Historical Place), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Historical Place), Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Post-war Era (1945–1960), The Sixties (1960–1974), Late 20th Century (1975–2000)

Series / Program

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria, Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; Unión Soviética, União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas; União Soviética, USSR (Historical Place), Soviet Union (Historical Place)