Swiss Disability Policies at the Crossroads?

The year 2024 marks significant anniversaries in the field of Swiss disability policies, reflecting a complex trajectory where notable advances in inclusion and non-discrimination coexist with path-dependency and competing political priorities. This special issue sheds light on the conflicting agen...

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Main Authors: Christoph Tschanz, Emilie Rosenstein
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Published: University of Fribourg - Division of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/6236
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description The year 2024 marks significant anniversaries in the field of Swiss disability policies, reflecting a complex trajectory where notable advances in inclusion and non-discrimination coexist with path-dependency and competing political priorities. This special issue sheds light on the conflicting agendas of the promotion of human rights, inclusion and equality for people with disabilities and their actual implementation, which is confronted by cost-containment measures that restrict access to disability benefits and hinder progressive reforms in disability services. The ambition of this special issue is to highlight the fundamental contradictions between the potentials and limits of disability policy transformation. This editorial introduces how these paradoxes of disability policies operate both internationally and in the Swiss context while providing an overview of the insightful papers included in this special issue.
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spelling doaj-art-213d4972162f40bfb026c691dffb46c02025-08-20T02:39:56ZdeuUniversity of Fribourg - Division of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policysozialpolitik.ch2297-82242024-12-0192/202410.18753/2297-8224-6236Swiss Disability Policies at the Crossroads?Christoph Tschanz0Emilie Rosenstein1Bern University of Applied SciencesHES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland The year 2024 marks significant anniversaries in the field of Swiss disability policies, reflecting a complex trajectory where notable advances in inclusion and non-discrimination coexist with path-dependency and competing political priorities. This special issue sheds light on the conflicting agendas of the promotion of human rights, inclusion and equality for people with disabilities and their actual implementation, which is confronted by cost-containment measures that restrict access to disability benefits and hinder progressive reforms in disability services. The ambition of this special issue is to highlight the fundamental contradictions between the potentials and limits of disability policy transformation. This editorial introduces how these paradoxes of disability policies operate both internationally and in the Swiss context while providing an overview of the insightful papers included in this special issue. https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/6236disability policywelfare state equal rightsparadoxesSwitzerland
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title Swiss Disability Policies at the Crossroads?
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title_short Swiss Disability Policies at the Crossroads?
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