Disability and Mobile Citizenship in Postsocialist Ukraine

by Sarah D. Phillips

Sarah D. Phillips examines the struggles of disabled persons in Ukraine and the other former Soviet states to secure their rights during the tumultuous political, economic, and social reforms of the last two decades. Through participant observation and interviews with disabled Ukrainians across the social spectrum--rights activists, politicians, students, workers, entrepreneurs, athletes, and others--Phillips documents the creative strategies used...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253222478
• ISBN13: 9780253222473
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher