L4 Disability and representation Flashcards

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person vs identity first; medical vs social model

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person first = ‘people with xxx’
identity first = ‘disabled person’

medical = individual
social = collective

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‘mismatch’ between descriptive and substantive representation (disability)

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substantive - are representatives actually standing for disabled people? challenging narratives? or is it more tokenistic…..what are the ideas which are being represented

Disability is a recurrent political topic, but there are
only 1% of politicians (15-20% worldwide identify as disabled) Recker 2022)

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Types of motivations to represent disabled people and how this is gendered

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  1. intrinsic (duty to represent)
  2. Assumed responsibility (chosen commitment)
  3. extrinsic (rewards for representation)
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Key findings & research: who represents disabled people (in a progressive/traditional manner), and why

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Used oral question data from 3 parliaments - UK, Scotland, NZ…coded every question based on traditional/progressive

Found that these all matter:

  1. personal ties
  2. ideology
  3. career path
  4. geography

and representation increased over time, with 2/3 using the progressive model re: disability

Being disabled has a significant impact - and connection to increases frequency. But the substance is more complicated. progressive representation is tied to more personal, deeper connections.

Descriptive representation matters as it transcends ideology.

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How race/EM status and gender interact with disability

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disability connected to poverty and other marginalised identities - colonialism - etc…

certain groups (such as black british) are more likely to be disabled

Women more likely to declare disabled status AND have more contact with disabled groups (pink collar work)

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The ‘Purple’ vote

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Representation of the disabled group as a means to gain votes…1/5 people in the UK are disabled - HUGE VOTE SHARE

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