Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development: Critical Perspectives

Bezzina, Lara

This book builds upon critiques of development in the disability domain by investigating the necessity and implications of theorising disability from the Global South and how development policies and practices pertaining to disabled people in such contexts might be improved by engaging with their voices and agency. The author focuses on the lived experiences of disabled people in Burkina Faso, while situating these experiences, where necessary, in the wider national and regional contexts. She explores development agencies’ interventions with disabled people and the need to re-think these practices and ideologies which are often framed within western contexts. This work will appeal to policy makers, NGOs, academics, students and researchers in the fields of development and disability studies. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-11-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030246778

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24678-5

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 255