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This chapter uses key features of intersectionality to review the relationship between disability, poverty and social protection and how this translates into realities lived by people with disabilities. The essential thesis is that being disabled, poor or requiring social protection—in one form or another—are all ways of creating identities in their own right. When brought together in one’s life, these identities intersect and create a series of outcomes that are more than the sum of the individual components. The chapter begins by setting out important features of social protection as a strategy for managing risk and promoting development, followed by an analysis of the interaction of such a strategy with poverty and disability. We present a number of examples to illustrate our arguments.
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Schneider, M., Mokomane, Z., Graham, L. (2016). Social Protection, Chronic Poverty and Disability: Applying an Intersectionality Perspective. In: Grech, S., Soldatic, K. (eds) Disability in the Global South. International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42488-0_23
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