Disability and Postsocialism

Teodor Mladenov is currently Marie Curie Individual Fellow at the European Network on Independent Living, and was formerly Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy Research, King’s College London. He is author of Critical Theory and Disability: A Phenomenological Approach (2015, Bloomsbury). In the period 2000–2009, Teodor was actively involved in disabled people’s advocacy for equality and emancipation in Bulgaria.

• Preface; Introduction: key terms; Disability; State socialism; Neoliberalism; Postsocialism; Social justice; References; Chapter 1: Disability and maldistribution; State socialist legacy; Sheltered workshops; Residential institutions; Postsocialist neoliberalisation; Retrenchment of public support; Workfare; References; Chapter 2: Disability and misrecognition; State socialist legacy; Postsocialist neoliberalisation; Stigmatisation of public assistance; Overvaluation of self-sufficiency and responsibilisation; References; Chapter 3: Disability and misrepresentation; State socialist legacy; Postsocialist neoliberalisation; Depoliticisation through service provision; Tokenistic participation; References; Conclusion: postsocialist disability matrix; The question of agency; Advocacy for the right to work; Advocacy for user-led personal assistance; Concluding remarks; References; Index

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