Between recognition and redistribution
Disability, (human) rights, and struggles over welfare in Serbia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2253198 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marek Mikuš (0000-0001-5272-5183, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Advokatenweg 36 06114 Halle (Saale) Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 293-312 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9655.12811 |
| OpenAlex | W2793628808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
This article analyses the discourse surrounding, implementation of, and struggles over the new disability policy in Serbia to show how its founding principles of human rights became partially co-opted by neoliberal welfare restructuring. As a result, it sought to make disabled people not only equal but also economically 'independent' in the sense of relying on wage labour instead of welfare. Owing to its inadequate assumptions and instruments, the policy has largely failed to deliver on these objectives. Disabled people mobilized against neoliberalization by defending material welfare entitlements inherited from Yugoslav socialism. At the same time, they appropriated the register of human rights to demand a substantive political and civic equality. This points to the possibility of rights-based projects that fuse rather than oppose the politics of recognition and redistribution
Economic growth · Economics · Human rights · Labour economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Redistribution of income and wealth · Restructuring · Sociology · Unemployment · Welfare · Discrimination and Equality Law · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Law in Society and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |