Counting inclusion with Chantal Mouffe: a radical democratic approach to intellectual disability research
- Authors:
- SIMPLICAN Stacy Clifford, LEADER Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 30(5), 2015, pp.717-730.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
As mandates for social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities remain unfulfilled, many scholars question whether the concept of inclusion is to blame. Critics worry that quantitative measurements of inclusion miss what should count: a meaningful life gained from a sense of belonging. The authors argue that both the concepts of inclusion and belonging embody a communitarian ethos in which citizens mirror the values of their community. In contrast, Chantal Mouffe’s radical democratic approach to inclusion emphasises the importance of difference and the inevitability of exclusion. Mouffe thus offers a way to broaden our approach to social inclusion in the twenty-first century. (Edited publisher abstract)
- Subject terms:
- social inclusion, learning disabilities, communities, self-concept;
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN online:
- 1360-0508
- ISSN print:
- 0968-7599