Abstract
My point of departure is a puzzle. On the one hand, institutions for people with mental retardation have been criticized for years, and principles like ‘integration’ and ‘normalization’ are approved by politicians, professionals and parents’ societies. When the Norwegian parliament decided to dismantle residential institutions for people with mental retardation, it actually enshrined in law support for the view that institutions are not fit places in which to live. The parents’ society had strongly advocated this reform.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1996 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Tøssebro, J. (1996). Family attitudes to deinstitutionalization in Norway. In: Mansell, J., Ericsson, K. (eds) Deinstitutionalization and Community Living. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4517-4_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4517-4_14
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-412-57010-0
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-4517-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive