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Personal and perplexing: feminist disability politics evaluated
- Author:
- SHELDON Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(5), September 1999, pp.643-657.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Recent critiques of the social model of disability have advocated a move towards a so-called feminist emphasis on the individual experiences of disability and impairment. This article argues that such an approach represents a very narrow view of feminism and its potential contribution to disability theory. If further suggests that less individualistic approaches offer a more effective way forward for disabled people, women and people from oppressed groups. It is proposed that only by moving beyond descriptive accounts of personal experiences can disabled people, women and other oppressed people recognise their commonalities, forge coalitions, and make society a better place for all its citizens.
'Because they have all the power and I have none': state restructuring of income and employment supports and disabled women's lives in Ontario, Canada
- Authors:
- CHOUINARD Vera, CROOKS Valorie
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(1), January 2005, pp.19-32.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The authors examine the connections between neo-liberal forms of state restructuring and intervention in disabled people's lives, looking in particular at how these have affected disabled women's experiences of an income support programme, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), in Ontario, Canada. We first outline why and how state programmes have been re-designed and implemented in increasingly harsh ways as a result of such neo-liberal forms of state restructuring. Even groups formerly considered among the 'deserving poor' have found their access to social assistance diminished. We then argue that this is an outcome of state programmes, policies and practices which are re-asserting and more deeply entrenching 'ableness' as a necessary condition of citizenship, inclusion and access to justice. Finally, the authors illustrate how disabled women's lives and well-being have been altered as a result of changes in the provision of these forms of state assistance using in-depth semi-structured interviews conducted with 10 women in Ontario.
Inclusive governance and 'minority' groups: the role of the third sector in Wales
- Authors:
- CHANEY Paul, FEVRE Ralph
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 12(2), June 2001, pp.131-156.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Following the establishment of a national legislature in Wales in 1999 the third sector has entered into a pioneering cross-sectoral partnership with the Welsh government. This article presents the results of a research project that has studied the new structures of devolved governance through the expectations and participation of voluntary organisations representing three marginalised or 'minority' groupings: women, disabled people, and those from an ethnic minority background. The findings reveal that despite varying levels of expectation expressed by 'minority' voluntary groups, active engagement of minority groups in policy making has been a feature of the Assembly's first months. Nevertheless, formidable challenges face both sectoral 'partners' in the new system of governance, not least in creating organisational structures that facilitate partnership working in the devolved polity.