Based on retrospective life-course interviews, the chaoter examines the scope for agency on the part of persons with disabilities, i.e. the extent to which men and women with disabilities are able to make choices and pursue lives they have reasons to value. Drawing on structuration theory and the capability approach, the volume investigates the opportunities for exercising Active Citizenship among men and women in nine European countries.

Connecting Lived Lives and Disability Policy – Active Citizenship from a Life-course Perspective / Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden, Mario Biggeri, Anne Waldschmidt. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 17-34. [10.4324/9781315623924]

Connecting Lived Lives and Disability Policy – Active Citizenship from a Life-course Perspective

Mario Biggeri;
2017

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Based on retrospective life-course interviews, the chaoter examines the scope for agency on the part of persons with disabilities, i.e. the extent to which men and women with disabilities are able to make choices and pursue lives they have reasons to value. Drawing on structuration theory and the capability approach, the volume investigates the opportunities for exercising Active Citizenship among men and women in nine European countries.
2017
9781138652927
978-131562392-4
Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries: Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 2
17
34
Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden, Mario Biggeri, Anne Waldschmidt
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