Inclusive Localities

The contributions in this book shed critical light on the shaping, negotiation, and creation of inclusive conditions of local authorities and localities. The authors analyse policy programs and reflect on their inclusive or exclusive effects in European and non-European contexts. Despite a number of global effects, which come about through supra-locally made decisions and influence the scope of action on the ground, many contributions emphasize the crucial role of the municipal level for a successful realisation of inclusion.



Sabine Meier is Professor of Social Work and Participation at the RheinMain University

of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany. Lena

Bertelmann is a research associate at the Centre for Planning and Development

of Social Services (ZPE) at University of Siegen, Germany.Lars

Wissenbach is a research associate at the Centre for Planning and Development

of Social Services (ZPE) at University of Siegen, Germany.



Sabine Meier, Lars Wissenbach, Lena Bertelmann: Inclusive communities, local policies and their spatial dimensions



Inclusion – Space – Communities



Michael May, Monika Alisch: The relationship between inclusion, social space development and social space organisation. A theory-based concept for research and social work

Marcel Schmidt: Opportunities for inclusive community development

Ivan Nio: Dilemmas of the inclusive city: Amsterdam as a case study

Elles Bulder: Small-scale community-based care initiatives in the Netherlands

Arnold Reijndorp: Strengthening the vitality of neighbourhoods: Countercultures and self-evident meeting places

Martin F. Reichstein: Lessons (not) learned from pandemic times. Individual, socio-spatial and organisational aspects of digital transformation in the disability field



Inclusion – Governance – Participation



Rebecca Daniel: Participation of persons with disabilities in local political decisionmaking: Insights from the Second International Disability Alliance Global Survey on Organisations of Persons with Disabilitiesʼ participation in policies and programmes

Matthias Kempf, Albrecht Rohrmann: Inclusion and political representation of marginalised groups. The example of self-advocacy of people with disabilities

Lena Bertelmann: Moderation, coordination, mediation – Participatory implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability under the leadership of the municipal administration

Matthias Laub: "Giving space to the inner existence" – what to learn from inclusion-oriented action planning for local empowerment strategies

Johannes Schädler, Lars Wissenbach: Innovation in local social service infrastructure – eco-rational logics and collective learning

Giulia Brogini, Thomas Schuler: Towards a participatory disability policy in Switzerland: Confederation, cantons and municipalities in exchange with civil society

Alexander Hobinka: Putting citizens into the centre – concepts and lessons learnt for inclusive local governance from German Development Cooperation

Paul Kwaku Larbi Anderson: Enhancing participation at the local level toward inclusive communities. Presumption of the subsidiarity principle for local decision-making from the perspective of Ghanaian decentralisation and local government policy

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