Resumé
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
Vol/bind | 11 |
Udgave nummer | 2 |
Sider (fra-til) | 117-130 |
ISSN | 1501-7419 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2009 |
Udgivet eksternt | Ja |
Emneord
- Independence
- Interdependence
- Cash-for-care
- Disabled people
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In(ter)dependent lives. / Christensen, Karen.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Bind 11, Nr. 2, 2009, s. 117-130.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
TY - JOUR
T1 - In(ter)dependent lives
AU - Christensen, Karen
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This article suggests it is important to confront independence, one of the key concepts of our time, with empirical analysis of how this is actually practised by individuals in their everyday life. Within social politics, the cash-for-care system is seen as a notable tool of independence because people receive cash instead of care in order to employ their own care workers. Using a cross-national case study of cash-for-care for disabled people in the UK and Norway the present article points at two different social political interpretations of independence and suggests that neither of them lead to independence in terms of control and that assistance without care is impossible. A narrative analysis rather reveals that the cultural narrative about independence can be in disharmony with disabled people's personal narratives about limited control and care and that this should lead to a replacement of the idea of independence with the praxis of interdependence.
AB - This article suggests it is important to confront independence, one of the key concepts of our time, with empirical analysis of how this is actually practised by individuals in their everyday life. Within social politics, the cash-for-care system is seen as a notable tool of independence because people receive cash instead of care in order to employ their own care workers. Using a cross-national case study of cash-for-care for disabled people in the UK and Norway the present article points at two different social political interpretations of independence and suggests that neither of them lead to independence in terms of control and that assistance without care is impossible. A narrative analysis rather reveals that the cultural narrative about independence can be in disharmony with disabled people's personal narratives about limited control and care and that this should lead to a replacement of the idea of independence with the praxis of interdependence.
KW - Independence
KW - Interdependence
KW - Cash-for-care
KW - Disabled people
U2 - 10.1080/15017410902830553
DO - 10.1080/15017410902830553
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 117
EP - 130
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
SN - 1501-7419
IS - 2
ER -