A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa
Spiral of progress: Disability activists’ perception of the societal and political position of disabled people in Finland
Tekijät: Koskinen, Pekka; Kauppila, Aarno; Mietola, Reetta
Toimittaja: Katsui, Hisayo, Laitinen, Matti
Painos: 1
Kustantaja: Routledge
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Disability, Happiness and the Welfare State: Finland and the Nordic Model
Sarjan nimi: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
Aloitussivu: 200
Lopetussivu: 2014
ISBN: 978-1-032-68550-2
eISBN: 9781032685519
ISSN: 978-1-032-64504-9, 978-1
eISSN: 978-1-032-68551-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032685519-11
Verkko-osoite: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781032685519-11
Tiivistelmä
This chapter is part of a research project studying disability activism and movement in Finland. It utilizes the project interviews with disability activists to analyze the relationship between Finnish society and disabled people. Feminist theorist and political scientist Nancy Fraser{\textquoteright}s ideas about the politics of redistribution, recognition and representation are applied to analyze how disability activists perceive disabled people{\textquoteright}s current societal and political position in Finland. Fraser{\textquoteright}s three-dimensional conceptual toolbox offers an appropriate tool for acknowledging disabled people{\textquoteright}s efforts and accomplishments without falling for na{ï}ve optimism about self-evident progress in disability policy and disabled people{\textquoteright}s societal position. This draws attention to how redistribution and recognition overlap, with advocates and activists making claims to both in order to make societal change a reality. Yet, this dual strategy highlights the continuous work that needs to be done, and how in the long run key achievements of the disability movement become not endpoints, but important milestones.
This chapter is part of a research project studying disability activism and movement in Finland. It utilizes the project interviews with disability activists to analyze the relationship between Finnish society and disabled people. Feminist theorist and political scientist Nancy Fraser{\textquoteright}s ideas about the politics of redistribution, recognition and representation are applied to analyze how disability activists perceive disabled people{\textquoteright}s current societal and political position in Finland. Fraser{\textquoteright}s three-dimensional conceptual toolbox offers an appropriate tool for acknowledging disabled people{\textquoteright}s efforts and accomplishments without falling for na{ï}ve optimism about self-evident progress in disability policy and disabled people{\textquoteright}s societal position. This draws attention to how redistribution and recognition overlap, with advocates and activists making claims to both in order to make societal change a reality. Yet, this dual strategy highlights the continuous work that needs to be done, and how in the long run key achievements of the disability movement become not endpoints, but important milestones.
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