ABSTRACT
The second chapter explains how the IOVR administration developed over the interwar period. My focus is initially on describing the central administration, which switched homes several times. As a concrete expression of the centralizing, unifying vision that the Bucharest government held in the early 1920s, the IOVR presents an excellent case study for understanding the difficulties, the problem-solving process, and the results of those efforts. My analysis also engages with the partnerships that IOVR developed with NGOs and focuses substantially on the activities of the SIR as a window into contemporary thinking about disability. This chapter also describes the fraudulent actions and corruption of the policy implementation that turned the IOVR administration into a government office criticized even by those who supported its goals.
