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Art has gained an important position in the identity politics of the disability movement. The article sheds light on how disabled artists enact their positions as disabled and as artists. In a qualitative survey, a total of 30 artists affiliated with the disability arts movement in the United Kingdom and United States were interviewed. Most believe that disability art has developed in two phases. The first phase is closely related to the emerging disability rights movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The idea of the present situation as a second phase of disability art is characterized by artists wanting to perform and to exhibit for a mainstream audience, and by a combination of disability issues and non-disability issues. These changes in the social field of disability art seem to be structured by the disputed identity politics of the disability movement. ; "NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Alter: European Journal of Disability Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Alter: European Journal of Disability Research;6 (3), 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2012.05.002"

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The human service relationship -- From the iron cage to everyday life / by Jaber F. Gubrium -- Service user perspectives -- Professional intervention from a service-user perspective / by Tone Alm Andreassen -- Expertise and ambivalence in user-focused human service work / by Margaretha Järvinen -- Flipping the script : managing and reimagining outpatient addiction treatment / by E. Summerson Carr -- Service users' negotiated identities in a social enterprise and the opportunity for reflection in action / by Eve E. Garrow -- Between control and surrender in terminal illness / by Geraldine Foley & Virpi Timonen -- Professional work -- New relations between "professionals" and disabled service users / by Per Koren Solvang -- The use of elder-clowning to foster relational citizenship in dementia care / by Karen-Lee Miller & Pia Kontos -- Managing the complexity of family contact in child welfare / by Tarja Pösö -- Risk, trust, and the complex sentiments of enacting care / by Amanda Grenier & Cristi Flood -- "Civil disobedience" and conflicting rationalities in elderly care / by Signe Mie Jensen & Kaspar Villadsen -- Reimagined service relationships -- Mental health self-knowledge : crossing borders with recovery colleges and Tojisha Kenkyu / by Tom Shakespeare & Rachael Collins -- Tension and balance in teaching "the patient perspective" to mental health professionals / by Erik Eriksson & Katarina Jacobsson -- Reimagining the doctor-patient relationship / by Ian Greener -- Who's who and who cares? : personal and professional identities in welfare services / by Marian Barnes -- Border work: negotiating shifting regimes of power / by Janet Newman -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index.

Purpose: EU policy documents and health scholars point out that in order to understand the complexity of modern health systems, as well as to devise appropriate policy responses, considering micro, meso, and macro levels is indispensable. This article aims to develop an analytical framework for how rehabilitation as an interdisciplinary field can be framed in such a three-level framework. Methods: This is a conceptual paper based on recent contributions to the development of a theory of rehabilitation. The paper applies sociological theory to build an analytical framework for a holistic understanding of rehabilitation. Results: Three groups of agents in the field of rehabilitation are identified: individuals with disabilities, professionals, and governmental authorities. The paper systematizes how these agents are positioned and act at micro, meso, and macro levels. In the intersection between the three levels of society and the three groups of actors, a nine-cell table emerges. In the cells of the table, key examples of important social processes to study in the field of disability and rehabilitation are identified. At the micro level, individuals experience a daily life relevant to rehabilitation, professionals ask what works in therapy, and policy authorities promote a strong work ethic. At the meso level, individuals with disabilities act as service user groups, professionals develop organizational designs and the policy authorities ask for cost-effective services. At the macro level, organizations representing people with disabilities lobby, professionals negotiate authorization issues, and the policymaking authorities must identify what can count as just distribution of services. The nine cells of the table are elaborated on by presenting relevant current studies exemplifying each cell. Conclusion: To systematize societal levels and agents involved is to enhance the understanding of rehabilitation as an interdisciplinary field of research. ; Norges forskningsråd: 209748 ; acceptedVersion

Purpose: EU policy documents and health scholars point out that in order to understand the complexity of modern health systems, as well as to devise appropriate policy responses, considering micro, meso, and macro levels is indispensable. This article aims to develop an analytical framework for how rehabilitation as an interdisciplinary field can be framed in such a three-level framework. Methods: This is a conceptual paper based on recent contributions to the development of a theory of rehabilitation. The paper applies sociological theory to build an analytical framework for a holistic understanding of rehabilitation. Results: Three groups of agents in the field of rehabilitation are identified: individuals with disabilities, professionals, and governmental authorities. The paper systematizes how these agents are positioned and act at micro, meso, and macro levels. In the intersection between the three levels of society and the three groups of actors, a nine-cell table emerges. In the cells of the table, key examples of important social processes to study in the field of disability and rehabilitation are identified. At the micro level, individuals experience a daily life relevant to rehabilitation, professionals ask what works in therapy, and policy authorities promote a strong work ethic. At the meso level, individuals with disabilities act as service user groups, professionals develop organizational designs and the policy authorities ask for cost-effective services. At the macro level, organizations representing people with disabilities lobby, professionals negotiate authorization issues, and the policymaking authorities must identify what can count as just distribution of services. The nine cells of the table are elaborated on by presenting relevant current studies exemplifying each cell. Conclusion: To systematize societal levels and agents involved is to enhance the understanding of rehabilitation as an interdisciplinary field of research. Implications for rehabilitation Rehabilitation practice and research must relate to different levels of society and identify different social agents. Service users are not only individuals receiving therapy, but also organized agents influencing the organization of rehabilitation services as well as priorities made at the level of policy development. Both the results produced by health professionals doing a clinical trial and political scientists studying rehabilitation policy disputes will improve when placed in a wide frame of knowledge production. ; acceptedVersion