From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81

This article studies the role of the blind movement in the legislative achievements regarding the disabled people, and in the formation of blind identities and broader perceptions of disability in post-dictatorial Greece. By highlighting the institutional impact of the 1976 occupation of the Home of...

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Main Authors:	Vasiliki Chalaza, Christos Tsakas, Karolos Iosif Kavoulakos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University Libraries 2020-09-01
Series:	Disability Studies Quarterly
Subjects:	greek blind movement blind identities democratic transitions social transformation citizenship and empowerment
Online Access:	https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6875

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spelling	doaj-bcdbd337838a42a69900c475c3b9c9342020-11-25T03:32:07ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesDisability Studies Quarterly1041-57182159-83712020-09-0140310.18061/dsq.v40i3.68754545From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81Vasiliki Chalaza0Christos Tsakas1Karolos Iosif Kavoulakos2University of the AegeanDanish Institute at Athens and Center for European Studies; Harvard UniversityAristotle University of ThessalonikiThis article studies the role of the blind movement in the legislative achievements regarding the disabled people, and in the formation of blind identities and broader perceptions of disability in post-dictatorial Greece. By highlighting the institutional impact of the 1976 occupation of the Home of the Blind, this paper shows how a grassroots movement contributed to democratization, and it challenges the dichotomy between institutional and societal accounts of democratic transitions, thus touching upon themes, such as citizenship and empowerment. In doing so, this article seeks to explain the paradigm shift from charity to welfare with respect to disability as part of the broader dynamics of social transformation in Greece in the 1970s and early 1980s.https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6875greek blind movementblind identitiesdemocratic transitionssocial transformationcitizenship and empowerment
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title	From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81
title_short	From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81
title_full	From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81
title_fullStr	From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81
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publisher	The Ohio State University Libraries
series	Disability Studies Quarterly
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publishDate	2020-09-01
description	This article studies the role of the blind movement in the legislative achievements regarding the disabled people, and in the formation of blind identities and broader perceptions of disability in post-dictatorial Greece. By highlighting the institutional impact of the 1976 occupation of the Home of the Blind, this paper shows how a grassroots movement contributed to democratization, and it challenges the dichotomy between institutional and societal accounts of democratic transitions, thus touching upon themes, such as citizenship and empowerment. In doing so, this article seeks to explain the paradigm shift from charity to welfare with respect to disability as part of the broader dynamics of social transformation in Greece in the 1970s and early 1980s.
topic	greek blind movement blind identities democratic transitions social transformation citizenship and empowerment
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From Charity to Welfare: Disability Movement, Institutional Change and Social Transformation in Post-Dictatorial Greece, 1974–81

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