GROUNDING HIERARCHIES OF ACCEPTANCE: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DISABILITY IN NIMBY CONFLICTS

The NIMBY syndrome remains a complex and costly social problem. Research into public attitudes toward disability and difference using “hierarchies of acceptance” has provided considerable insight into the underlying causes of NIMBY reactions. However, hierarchy of acceptance studies have several limitations, most notably their reliance on quantitative survey research to gauge respondent reactions to disabled persons. In this paper, I use data …