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Disability and Poverty in the Global South : Renegotiating Development in Guatemala / by Shaun Grech.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grech, Shaun, Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development, 2945-6622
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Sociology.
- Development economics.
- Development Studies.
- Development Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Development Studies.
- Sociology.
- Development Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing from long term ethnographic work and practice in Guatemala, this incisive and interdisciplinary text brings in perspectives from critical disability studies, postcolonial theory and critical development to explore the various interactions and dynamics between disability and extreme poverty in rural areas.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- 1. Disability, Poverty And Development: Mapping The Terrain
- 2. Guatemala: Context, History And Disability Landscapes
- 4. Disability And Poverty: Connections And Transitions
- 5. Disability And Povery: More Connections
- 6. Disabled Families: Survival Struggles And Collective Impoverishment
- 7. Un/Transforming Structures: The Institutional Framework
- 8. Final Reflections.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137307989
- 1137307986
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