Institutional woes of participation: Bulgarian disabled people’s organisations and policy‐making

Mladenov, Teodor

doi:10.1080/09687590802535386

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“…The findings of this study do not accord with previous literature critical of participatory processes involving persons with disabilities (Bewley and Glendinning 1994;Drake 2002;Malacrida and Duguay 2009;Mladenov 2009;Riddington, Mansell, and Beadle-Brown 2008;Stienstra 2003). In contrast, informants in New Zealand viewed the participatory process that occurred in the context of the UN Convention positively.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Mladenov's (2009) analysis of the National Council on Integration of Persons with Disabilities in Bulgaria serves to illustrate how incorporation can dilute broader political objectives and lead to a preoccupation with technical questions rather than fundamental challenges to the system. The research also suggests that funding concerns may serve to mute political opposition, particularly when an organisation depends on public funds for its survival.…”

Section: Persons With Disabilities In Decision-makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and participation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Moriarity

Dew

2011

Disability & Society

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The involvement of persons with disabilities in formal decision-making processes is thought to have a range of benefits. However, research suggests that participatory processes may fail to match normative ideals. This study examines the participation of persons with disabilities in the development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, from the perspective of key informants in the New Zealand disability sector. It found that participants viewed the participatory process favourably. Political activity from persons with disabilities and political willingness on the part of government contributed to this perceived success. More broadly, the participation of persons with disabilities provided a mutually enriching learning experience, reduced political machinations between nations, increased government accountability, and resulted in a more relevant text. The study provides an example of a successful participatory process involving persons with disabilities within an international context.

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and participation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Moriarity

Dew

2011

Disability & Society

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“…This perspective is echoed by Fraser, who argues that without the uprooting of norms that have been institutionalized by society, the full and equal participation of depreciated groups such as disabled people cannot be realized (Fraser & Honneth, 2003). It should be noted that problems in actualizing the effective participation of disabled people and their representative organizations in the policy making process without instituting structural changes have been recognized in other national contexts, including the Bulgarian (Mladenov, 2009). The approach employed by the Icelandic activist groups aligns with Young's and Fraser's theories.…”

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Achieving Disability Equality: Empowering Disabled People to Take the Lead

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Traustadóttir

Rice

2018

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Achieving disability equality calls for transformative changes to society's structures and norms. Recognizing the central role of disabled people and their organizations in this restructuring, and the call of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for their full inclusion in all legal and policy decisions relating to their rights, this article focuses on how disability groups and organizations regard their ability to effect changes in line with the CRPD. The article draws on qualitative interviews with leaders of disability organizations and activist groups in Iceland in 2016 and 2017. The findings reflect frustration among the leaders with what they perceive to be a lack of sustained progress in the decade since the country signed the CRPD. In their view, this period has been characterized by a lack of meaningful involvement of disabled people in policymaking, and a lack of political will and interest in disability affairs, which has resulted in stagnation. As a result, leaders of disabled people's organizations have begun to change their strategies and are taking steps to redefine their approaches, and reframe the issues and dialogue with authorities in a more progressive manner, demanding to have more say in the process of change.

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“…Further, if not embedded in a radical politics that seeks to acknowledge, respect and recognize that unity can be achieved through diversity (Bhaskar, 1993), then the disability movement risks becoming increasingly divided. The institutional arm of the movement, in its struggle for state credibility, risks becoming removed from its social base (Mladenov, 2009) and, in turn, silencing the diversity of 'voices' and the broader movement's potentiality for radical democratic practices of movement mobilization. Thus, as civil society actors, embedded in a complex set of state-contractual relations, the institutional arm of the movement may in fact build consent for state practices that subordinate and suppress counter-hegemonic movement politics (Burawoy, 2003).…”

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Surviving the Assault? The Australian Disability Movement and the Neoliberal Workfare State

Soldatić

Chapman

2010

Social Movement Studies

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This article provides an analysis of the key areas of struggle for the Australian disability movement during the Howard years of government. After providing a brief overview of the Australian disability movement and its historical development, we then move to situate the struggles of the Australian disability movement within the broader context of welfare to work, one of the central tenets of neoliberal social policy restructuring. From here, three sites of struggle emerge that have been central to the Australian disability movement's struggles for representation, recognition and redistribution and principally include state restructuring of disability open labour market supports, state legitimation of disability sheltered workshops and, finally, the pensionercategorization of disability within social security law and policy.

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Institutional woes of participation: Bulgarian disabled people’s organisations and policy‐making

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and participation in Aotearoa New Zealand

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and participation in Aotearoa New Zealand

Achieving Disability Equality: Empowering Disabled People to Take the Lead

Surviving the Assault? The Australian Disability Movement and the Neoliberal Workfare State

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