Accessibility Denied. Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with...

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Hanna Egard Kristofer Hansson

Accessibility Denied. Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities

Hanna Egard, Kristofer Hansson, David Wästerfors (Lund University, Sweden)

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Routledge
31 May 2023

Disability: social aspects; Sociology; Personal & public health; Human geography; Coping with disability

Series: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

This book explores the societal resistance to accessibility for persons with disabilities, and tries to set an example of how to study exclusion in a time when numerous policies promise inclusion.

With 12 chapters organised in three parts, the book takes a comprehensive approach to accessibility, covering transport and communication, knowledge and education, law and organisation. Topics within a wide cross-disciplinary field are covered, including disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, and history. The main example is Sweden, with its implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities within the context of the Nordic welfare state. By identifying and discussing persistent social and cultural conditions as well as recurring situations and interactions that nurture resistance to advancing accessibility, despite various strong laws promoting it, the book’s conclusions are widely transferable. It argues for the value of alternating between methods, theoretical perspectives, and datasets to explore how new arenas, resources and technologies cause new accessibility concerns — and possibilities — for persons living with impairments. We need to be able to follow actors closely to uncover how they feel, act, and argue, but also to connect to wider discursive and institutional patterns and systems.

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of disability studies, social work, sociology, ethnology, social anthropology, political science, and organisation studies.

Edited by: Hanna Egard, Kristofer Hansson, David Wästerfors (Lund University, Sweden)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9780367637309
ISBN 10: 0367637308
Series: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hanna Egard is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, Malmö University, Sweden. Kristofer Hansson is Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work, Malmö University, Sweden. David Wästerfors is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Lund University, Sweden.