Grech Disability and Poverty in the Global South

Renegotiating Development in Guatemala
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-30798-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 301 Seiten, eBook

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

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.