The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Citizenship in the Global South

Provides a much needed perspective on the relationship between disability and citizenship in the Global South
Engages the unique case of the South African experience at a time of ongoing democratic transition
Brings together an eclectic group of authors from academia, the policy world as well as civil society, engaging with hands on questions and issues surrounding everyday challenges of the disabled: from transportation, to participation in the broader economy

Autorentext

Brian Watermeyeris Senior Research Officer in the Division of Disability Studies, Department of Health and Rehabilitation sciences, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Judith McKenzieis Associate Professor in the Division of Disability Studies, Department of Health and Rehabilitation sciences, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Leslie Swartz is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. ****

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- Part I Theorizing Citizenship and Diversity in the Global South.- 2. Surplusisity: Neoliberalism and Disability and Precarity.- 3. World Building, Citizenship, and Disability: The Strange World of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.- 4. Unlocking Ability: Democracy and Disabled People's Campaign for Recognition.- 5. Disability and Citizenship in the Global South in a Post-truth Era.- 6. Can This White Guy Sing the Blues? Disability, Race and Decolonisation in South African Higher Education.- 7. From No One Left Behind to Putting the Last First: Centring the Voices of Disabled People in Resilience Work.- Part II Networks and Contexts.- 8. Sexuality and Citizenship for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Lifelong Family Care: Reflections from a South African Setting.- 9. In and Out of the Mainstream: Disability, Education and Employment in African Contexts.- 10. Access to Education for Children with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disabilityin South Africa: The Potential and Limits of Social Action.- 11. Engaging Disability and Religion in the Global South.- Part III An Inclusive Society.- 12. Digital Citizenship in the Global South: Cool Stuff for Other People?.- 13. Challenges in Achieving Universal Access to Transport Services in South African Cities.- 14. Paralympic Sport and Social Justice: Towards a Happy Marriage or Difficult Separation?.- 15. Towards a DisHuman Civil Society.- 16. Disability, Theatre, and Postcoloniality: Reflections on the Politics of Performance.- 17. Working Together: Making Inclusive Development a Reality.- Part IV Marginalized Citizenship and Ecologies of Exclusion.- 18. Bodies (Im)politic: The Experiences of Sexuality of Disabled Women in Zimbabwe.- 19. The Politics of Person-Making: Ethics of Care, Intellectual Impairment Citizenship, and a Reclaiming of Knowledge.- 20. Citizenship and Participation of People With Disabilities in Brazil: Labour and Social Welfare.- 21. Embedding Rights Into Practice: Challenges in Psycho-Legal Assessments of Complainants with Intellectual Disability in Cases of Sexual Abuse in South Africa.- 22. Citizenship and People with Intellectual Disabilities: An International Imperative?.- 23. Disabled People, Hate Crime and Citizenship.- 24. Disability, Migration, and Family Support: The Case of Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers in South Africa.