Organizing the Blind

The case of ONCE in Spain

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Disability, Social Work
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Author: Roberto Garvía ISBN: 9781317015369
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 10, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Roberto Garvía
ISBN: 9781317015369
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 10, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book is a case study which narrates the history of the National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE), established in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Contrary to other affluent countries where most blind people live on welfare benefits, the Spanish blind enjoy full employment. Furthermore, the average income of the Spanish blind is higher than that of the sighted. Why is this so? Why the blind, and not the deaf mute, or any other group of disabled people? This book shows that ONCE answers these questions.

The book explains ONCE'S origins, the shifting strategies that the organization has pursued to adapt to an ever-changing environment, its original goals and the way they have mutated and been interpreted, its conflicting relationship with an authoritarian regime, its struggle to find its place in a democratic regime, and its relations with other groups of disabled people. A historical narrative, the book lies at the intersection between disability and organization studies, history and sociology.

It will be of interest to all scholars of disability studies, the sociology of work, the history of medicine and contemporary Spanish history.

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This book is a case study which narrates the history of the National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE), established in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Contrary to other affluent countries where most blind people live on welfare benefits, the Spanish blind enjoy full employment. Furthermore, the average income of the Spanish blind is higher than that of the sighted. Why is this so? Why the blind, and not the deaf mute, or any other group of disabled people? This book shows that ONCE answers these questions.

The book explains ONCE'S origins, the shifting strategies that the organization has pursued to adapt to an ever-changing environment, its original goals and the way they have mutated and been interpreted, its conflicting relationship with an authoritarian regime, its struggle to find its place in a democratic regime, and its relations with other groups of disabled people. A historical narrative, the book lies at the intersection between disability and organization studies, history and sociology.

It will be of interest to all scholars of disability studies, the sociology of work, the history of medicine and contemporary Spanish history.

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