Université de Fribourg

Theorising Disability Care (Non-)Personalisation in European Countries : Comparing Personal Assistance Schemes in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

Tschanz, Christoph

In: Social Inclusion, 2018, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 22-33

This article examines four European countries (Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) with respect to their degree of disability care personalisation. The approach is embedded in a broader theoretical analysis, which in turn is inspired by the notion of bivalent social justice as presented by Nancy Fraser (2003). The theoretical argument is that claims for personal assistance are...