Politicising Polio

Disability, Civil Society and Civic Agency in Sierra Leone
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-13-6110-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

1. An original contribution which develops new theoretical work in political anthropology and anthropology of disability. 
   
2. Effectively links polio disability with post-war peace building and state reconstruction.
   
3. Engaging ethnographic approach guides the reader into a rich and complex universe, which remains hidden for most external observers. 
4. Speaks to the broader political agendas of post-Cold War neoliberalism and conflict resolution, especially in Africa, but also well beyond.
   
5. Provides a retrospective analysis of factors leading to the historic turn towards the emergence of global illiberalism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szántó, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Staging a play (A Critical Ethnography of Disability).- 1. The Set: Parallel Worlds (Sierra Leone on the World Stage).- 2. The Cast Onstage and Off: Polio and Beggars on Wheels.- 3. Writing the Play: Creating Disability and DPOs.- 4. Scripts about disability. Stories from the polio-houses.- Part II: After the Play? (An Ethnographic Critique of Project Society).- 5. Discrimination as Structural Violence.- 6. Perceptions, representations and coloniality.- 7. Expulsions: Disability, Power, Land, and Citizen’s Rights.- 8. Hope.

Über Autor(innen)

Diana Szántó is a cultural anthropologist, independent researcher and activist. She worked for more than 20 years as the leader of a Hungarian-based NGO, creating opportunities, channels and incentives for intercultural understanding, learning and co-existence. Her research focuses on urban anthropology, migration and social movements, and the intersection of international development, social justice and health. In recent years she has been teaching medical anthropology and qualitative research methodology at the Health and Community program of the School for International Training.