Disability, Happiness and the Welfare State: Finland and the Nordic Model (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)

By: Hisayo Katsui and Matti T. Laitinen

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Synopsis: This book looks at disability as an evolving social phenomenon. Disability is created through the interaction between persons with impairments and their environment.Exploring these experiences of persons with disabilities and discussing universality and particularity in our understanding of assumed development and normalcy, it takes Finland, which has been chosen repeatedly as the happiest country in the world as its case- study. Using disability as a critical lens helps to demystify Finland that has the positive reputation of a Welfare State. By identifying different kinds of discrimination against persons with disabilities as well as successful examples of disability inclusion, it shows that when looking Finland from the perspective of persons with disabilities, inequality and poverty have been collective experiences of too many of them.It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, social policy, social work, political science, health and well-being studies and Nordic studies more broadly.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040002407
Related ISBNs:: 9781040002308, 9781032645049, 9781032685519
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/26/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Hisayo Katsui and Matti T. Laitinen
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Hisayo Katsui
Edited by:: Matti T. Laitinen