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Author : Stephen J. Meyers
Release : 2019-10-03
Genre : Law
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Book Rating : 618/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Civilizing Disability Society by : Stephen J. Meyers
Download or read book Civilizing Disability Society written by Stephen J. Meyers. This book was released on 2019-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the tensions caused by the CRDP as grassroots disability associations attempt to address their local members' needs.
Author : Stephen J. Meyers
Release : 2019-10-03
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 915/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Civilizing Disability Society by : Stephen J. Meyers
Download or read book Civilizing Disability Society written by Stephen J. Meyers. This book was released on 2019-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is increasingly used to civilize grassroots disabled persons' organizations (DPOs) around the world. The international disability rights movement actively promotes the CRPD's key norm that disabled persons mobilize in support of their rights under the Convention. The unintended consequence of these activities, however, is that local groups focused on social support and service provision, rather than disability-rights advocacy, are targeted for change. While the resources provided by international actors to grassroots organizations provide new opportunities, they also create barriers to local groups' ability to promote full civic participation of their members in the local community. Through a detailed account of grassroots DPOs in Nicaragua, Civilizing Disability Society demonstrates how local organizations navigate pressures from abroad as they attempt to concretely address the health, education and economic needs of their members at home.
Author : Julie F. Smart
Release : 1999-04
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Book Synopsis Disability, Society and the Individual by : Julie F. Smart
Download or read book Disability, Society and the Individual written by Julie F. Smart. This book was released on 1999-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julie Smart
Release : 2003
Genre : Health & Fitness
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Book Synopsis Disability, Society, and the Individual by : Julie Smart
Download or read book Disability, Society, and the Individual written by Julie Smart. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy J. Hirschmann
Release : 2015-02-25
Genre : Law
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Book Synopsis Civil Disabilities by : Nancy J. Hirschmann
Download or read book Civil Disabilities written by Nancy J. Hirschmann. This book was released on 2015-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated one billion people around the globe live with a disability; this number grows exponentially when family members, friends, and care providers are included. Various countries and international organizations have attempted to guard against discrimination and secure basic human rights for those whose lives are affected by disability. Yet despite such attempts many disabled persons in the United States and throughout the world still face exclusion from full citizenship and membership in their respective societies. They are regularly denied employment, housing, health care, access to buildings, and the right to move freely in public spaces. At base, such discrimination reflects a tacit yet pervasive assumption that disabled persons do not belong in society. Civil Disabilities challenges such norms and practices, urging a reconceptualization of disability and citizenship to secure a rightful place for disabled persons in society. Essays from leading scholars in a diversity of fields offer critical perspectives on current citizenship studies, which still largely assume an ableist world. Placing historians in conversation with anthropologists, sociologists with literary critics, and musicologists with political scientists, this interdisciplinary volume presents a compelling case for reimagining citizenship that is more consistent, inclusive, and just, in both theory and practice. By placing disability front and center in academic and civic discourse, Civil Disabilities tests the very notion of citizenship and transforms our understanding of disability and belonging. Contributors: Emily Abel, Douglas C. Baynton, Susan Burch, Allison C. Carey, Faye Ginsburg, Nancy J. Hirschmann, Hannah Joyner, Catherine Kudlick, Beth Linker, Alex Lubet, Rayna Rapp, Susan Schweik, Tobin Siebers, Lorella Terzi.
