{"product_id":"9789811361104","title":"Politicising Polio: Disability, Civil Society and Civic Agency in Sierra Leone","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePoliticising Polio: Disability, Civil Society and Civic Agency in Sierra Leone\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSzántó, Diana\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone. Its protagonists are polio-disabled people living in the nation’s capital of Freetown, organizing themselves as best as they can in a state without welfare. There is little concrete support for people with disabilities in a country where the government is struggling with the competing requirements of the international community, demanding - in exchange for its support - good standards of democracy and the maintenance of a free market economy. To what extent is the Human Rights framework of the disability movement effective in protecting the polio-disabled and what are the limitations of this framework? Diana Szántó’s detailed ethnography reveals, through many real-life examples, the vulnerability of disabled people living in the intersections of poverty, informality and disability activism. At the same time, it also tells about the many ways the polio-disabled community is transforming vulnerability into strength.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-12-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789811361104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-981-13-6111-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 313\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47708837150860,"sku":"9789811361104","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789811361104.jpg?v=1776784256","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789811361104","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}