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The post-institutional era: visions of history in research on intellectual disability.
- Source :
- Disability & Society; Oct2017, Vol. 32 Issue 9, p1315-1332, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In this article, I address how the history of intellectual disability politics is made sense of in social scientific research and popular discourse. In particular, I discuss the construction of a narrative break between a past of institutionalisation and the present policies of citizenship. By drawing on how postcolonial theorists criticise common ideas about decolonisation, I argue that this narrative impedes our appreciation of how power has transformed, rather than disappeared, after deinstitutionalisation. Instead, I propose 'postinstitutionalisation' as a name for the present era of intellectual disability politics, suggesting that we need to attend to continuities and discontinuities of how the group is governed; how paternalism lives on after deinstitutionalisation and how the goals of citizenship inclusion give rise to new technologies of government. I conclude the article by discussing the necessity and the dangers of involving people with intellectual disabilities in the analysis of post-institutional government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09687599
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125380228
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1322497