Understanding the Lived Experiences of Persons with Disabilities in Nine Countries

PART I POLICY CONTEXT, THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY 1. Introduction: changing opportunities for Active Citizenship in Europe - the lived experience. Rune Halvorsen, Bjorn Hvinden, Julie Beadle Brown, Mario Biggeri, Jan Tossebro and Anne Waldschmidt. 2. Connecting lived lives and social policy change in Europe - an analytic framework. Rune Halvorsen, Bjorn Hvinden, Mario Biggeri, Anne Waldschmidt and Kjetil Klette Bohler. 3. Using life-course interviews in a mixed method design: some dilemmas and caveats. Rune Halvorsen, Kjetil Klette Bohler, Marie Sepulchre and Jan Siska. PART II: THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP 4. Change and status in the life course of persons with psychosocial disabilities. Marie Sepulchre, Rafael Lindqvist, Victoria Schuller and Kjetil Klette Bohler. 5. Diversity and change in the labour market careers of persons with disabilities. Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Roy Sainsbury, Bruno Trezzini and Sarka Kanova 6. Change and diversity in community living in Europe - the experiences of persons with disabilities. Jan Siska, Julie Beadle Brown, Sarka Kanova and Anna M. Kittelsaa. 7. Active citizenship using new technologies - the experiences of three generations. Jennifer Kline, Eilionoir Flynn and Sinead Keogh 8. Technologies for Active Citizenship and the agency of objects. Kjetil Klette Bohler and G. Anthony Giannoumis. 9 Continuity and change in political participation and identity politics - the experiences of persons with disabilities in nine European countries. Anemari Karacic, Andreas Sturm, Timo Dins and Anne Waldschmidt. PART III: CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS 10. Gendered norms and the life-course - the social position and experience of women with disabilities as active citizens. Marie Sepulchre, Victoria Schuller, Jennifer Kline and Anna M. Kittelsaa. 11. The role of the family in structuring the opportunities for exercising Active Citizenship among persons with disabilities. Caterina Arciprete, Mario Biggeri and Federico Ciani. 12. The many voices of young persons with disabilities - redistribution, recognition and representation in transition to adulthood. Rune Halvorsen, Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Milan M. Markovic and Jerome Bickenbach. 13. Rethinking Active Citizenship: Lessons from life course interviews in nine European Countries. Rune Halvorsen, Bjorn Hvinden, Mario Biggeri and Kjetil Klette Bohler 14. Conclusions: changing conditions for Active Citizenship and implications for the lived experiences of persons with disabilities in Europe. Julie Beadle Brown, Mario Biggeri, Rune Halvorsen, Bjorn Hvinden, Catherine Naughton, Jan Tossebro and Anne Waldschmidt. Bibliography Index