Living on the Margin: Disabled Iranians in Belgian Society

Autor/inn/en	Albrecht, Gary L.; Devlieger, Patrick J.; Van Hove, Geert
Titel	Living on the Margin: Disabled Iranians in Belgian Society
Quelle	In: Disability & Society, 24 (2009) 3, S.259-271 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7599
Schlagwörter	Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Disabilities; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Interviews; Ethnography; Context Effect; World History; Social Isolation; Psychological Patterns; Religion; Rejection (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); War; Belgium; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Handicap; Behinderung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnografie; Weltgeschichte; Soziale Isolation; Ablehnung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Krieg; Belgien
Abstract	This paper explores the antecedents, experiences and consequences of marginalization as reported and dealt with by disabled Iranian immigrants in Belgium. This work extends the work of Gallie and colleagues and Siegrist demonstrating that the forces of marginalization applicable to all immigrants are particularly pertinent to disabled immigrants. The research is based on 26 in-depth, face-to-face interviews, focus groups, interviews with government officials and immigration experts, ethnographic work and official government statistics. The findings detail how the combined forces of history, context and reasons for immigration; isolation, vulnerability and perceived loss of control; religion and rejection; lack of reciprocity in social exchanges; problems in obtaining jobs; and difficulties in negotiating an entry into Belgian society combine to sustain marginizalation. As a consequence, disabled immigrants in this group are generally excluded from society and discriminated against in terms of citizenship, education, jobs and general acceptance. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10