Disability and Labour in the Twentieth Century: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781032327532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str.

Dinu, Radu Harald

Opis

This volume puts disability and labour at the centre of historical enquiry. It offers fresh perspectives on the history of disability and labour in the twentieth century and highlights the need to address the topic beyond regional boundaries.

Spis treści

Introduction: Disability and Labour in Modern Societies.  1.The Right to Work: Disability Awareness and Activism in Twentieth-Century Canada.  2.Gendered Labour and Consumer Culture in the Multiple Sclerosis Associations in Sweden and West Germany.  3.‘Salaries, Not Benefits!’ Disability Rights Activism and the Right to Work in the Scandinavian Welfare States.  4.For Society and the Individual: Disability and Work in Post-War Sweden.  5.From Industrialised to Knowledge-Based Societies: The Metamorphosis of the French Disabled Worker since 1957.  6.Warriors into Workers: Soviet Labour Policy and Disabled Veterans of the Great Patriotic War.  7.Beyond Labour: Socialist Disability Policy in the Realm of Mental Health.  8.Socialist Humanism, Work, and Disability in Socialist Romania: The Legal Regime of the Third-Degree Invalidity Pension, 1949–1989.  9.Becoming a Productive Citizen: Labour and the Blind Community in Socialist Romania.  10.Vocational Guidance in Socialist Czechoslovakia and the Context of Global and National Histories of Disability.  11.Work and Life Courses of Polio Survivors in Socialist Poland.  Afterword.