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Author:   Michael Rasell (University of Lincoln, UK) ,  Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova (Saratov State Technical University, and National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138687400

ISBN 10:   1138687405
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   24 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Conceptualising Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union 1. Soviet Style Welfare: The disabled soldiers of the Great Patriotic War 2. Prosthetic Promise and Potemkin Limbs in Late-Stalinist Russia 3. Heroes and Spongers: The iconography of disability in Soviet poster and film 4. Between Disabling Disorders and Mundane Nervousness: Representations of psychiatric patients and their distress in soviet and post-soviet Latvia 5. Living with a Disability in Hungary: Reconstructing the narratives of disabled students 6. Citizens or ‘Dead Souls?’ An anthropological perspective on disability and citizenship in post-Soviet Ukraine 7. Breaking the Silence: Disability and sexuality in contemporary Bulgaria 8. ‘Those who do not Work Shall not Eat!’ A comparative perspective on the ideology of work within Eastern European disability discourses 9. The Challenges of Operationalizing a Human Rights Approach to Disability in Central Asia 10. The Complex Role of Non-governmental Organisations in the Advancing the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria 11. Lost in Transition: Missed opportunities for reforming disabled children’s education in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

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Michael Rasell is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Lincoln, UK. Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova is a Professor in the Department of General Sociology at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

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