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Recolonising debates or perpetuated coloniality? Decentring the spaces of disability, development and community in the global South

Shaun Grech Research Institute for Health and Social Care (RIHSC), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 87-100 | Received 01 Feb 2009, Accepted 27 Jul 2009, Published online: 18 Feb 2011

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