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Disability and care work : state, society and invisible lives

Title
Disability and care work : state, society and invisible lives / Upali Chakravarti.
Author
Chakravarti, Upali
Publication
  • New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Description
xi, 219 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Disability and Care Work: State, Society and Invisible Lives explores the lived reality of children with disabilities and those involved in parenting and caring for them. It discusses the extent to which the needs of the disabled and their caregivers have been met by health and welfare initiatives, and finds substantial gaps. The book describes vividly how the families of children with disability negotiate the uncertain journey of identifying their childs disability, obtaining a diagnosis, accessing appropriate services and their ongoing efforts to reconcile with and recognise their childs unique situation and mode of being. It critically examines the gendered dimensions involved in caregiving, the role of the state and civil society, and the legal and institutional frameworks in place. The book calls for inclusion of disability treatment at the primary care level, enhanced technology use for diagnosis and information, coordinated national level disability care policy formulation and organised action by the disabled and their caregivers to ensure their needs are addressed by the state and society." -- Amazon.com.
Subject
  • People with disabilities > Care
  • People with disabilities > Social conditions
  • Disabilities > Social aspects
  • Behinderung
  • Gesundheitswesen
  • Kind
  • Medizinische Versorgung
  • Pflege
  • Soziale Situation
  • Indien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Framing disability -- Making sense of the narratives I: experiencing disability, inter-class dimensions -- Making sense of the narratives II: living with disability -- Making sense of the narratives III: invisible work invisible women, caring for the disabled -- State, society and disability in India -- The welfare state as paternalistic caregiver -- The moral and political economy of disability and suffering.
ISBN
  • 9789352807741
  • 935280774X
  • 9789352807765 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9789352807758 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2018031089
OCLC
  • on1043972099
  • SCSB-13545907
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library