Social citizenship, disability and welfare provision in contemporary Russia: views from below
Journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2011

This thesis uses an area studies approach to examine the complex relationship between citizenship, disability and welfare provision. It does so through a bottom-up analysis of how the state welfare system affects the everyday lives of physically disabled adults in contemporary Russia. Drawing on thirteen months of qualitative fieldwork in the city of Kazan, I study how tensions between guaranteeing rights and providing care are balanced in social provision. My focus on physical disability offers