Disability and Poverty in the Global South

Renegotiating Development in Guatemala
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-30797-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Format (B × H): 141 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 4974 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development

Drawing from long term ethnographic work and practice in Guatemala, this incisive and interdisciplinary text brings in perspectives from critical disability studies, postcolonial theory and critical development to explore the various interactions and dynamics between disability and extreme poverty in rural areas.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grech, Shaun

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Disability, Poverty and Development: Mapping the Terrain
2. Guatemala: Landscapes
3. Disability in the Spaces of Poverty: Critical Theoretical Introductions
4. Disability and Poverty: Connections and Transitions
5. Disability and Poverty: Connections and Transitions Part 2
6. The Disabled Family: from Survival Struggles to Collective Impoverishment
7. (Un)transforming Structures: The Institutional Framework
8. Final Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

Shaun Grech is Director of The Critical Institute (TCI), Malta, Visiting Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and editor-in-chief of the international journal Disability and the Global South (DGS). He is also an activist and practitioner working with disabled people in rural Guatemala.