Citizenship Inclusion and Intellectual Disability by Niklas A... - 9780367431006

Citizenship Inclusion and Intellectual DisabilityBiopolitics Post-Institutionalisation\nAuthor(s): Niklas Altermark\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367431006, 978-0367431006\nSynopsis\nWhat happens when a group traditionally defined as lacking the necessary capacities of citizenship is targeted by government programs that have made citizenship inclusion their main goal? Combining theoretical perspectives of political philosophy, social theory, and disability studies, this book untangles the current state of Western intellectual disability politics following the replacement of state institutionalisation by independent and supported living, individual rights, and self-determination. \n\nTaking its cue from Foucaults conception of biopolitics, denoting the government of the individuals and the totality of the population, its overarching argument is that the ambiguous positioning of people with intellectual disabil.