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Disability, Divers-ability and Legal Change
Series: - International Studies in Human Rights, Volume: 56
'[T]he particular strengths of this book are its interdisciplinary approach to disability, social institutions and the law. [...] For anyone who desires an inclusive society - one which values difference and recognises the right to full participation in society by disabled persons I would strongly recommend this book.'
Jenny Hamilton, Scolag Legal Journal, 2001.
Jenny Hamilton, Scolag Legal Journal, 2001.
Acknowledgments. Preface. Foreword. About the Authors. Part 1: Life: The Social Recognition & Definition of Disability. 1. Law and the Social Construction of Disability; M. Jones, L.A. Basser Marks. 2. What Is a Disabled Person? T. Shakespeare. 3. The Rule of Normalcy: Politics and Disability in the United States of Ability; L. Davis. 4. Reflections on a Journey: Geographical Perspectives on Disability; G. Smith. 5. Riding with the Man on the Escalator: Citizenship and Disability; L. Davis. 6. Double Consciousness, Triple Difference: Disability, Race, Gender and the Politics of Recognition; A. Silvers. 7. Minority Rights or Universal Participation: The Politics of Disablement; J. Bickenbach. Part 2: Law: Legal Responses; Legislation, Constitutional Issues. 8.The Standard Rules: A Weak Instrument and a Strong Commitment; D. Michailakis. 9. The Office of the Disability Ombudsman in Sweden; I. Claesson Wastberg. 10. The European Community's Response to Disability; L. Waddington. 11. From Social (In)Security to Equal Employment Opportunity - A Report from the Netherlands; A. Hendriks. 12. The Canadian Framework for Disability Equality Rights; M. Rioux, C. Frazee. 13. Disability, Rights and Law in Australia; M. Jones, L.A. Basser Marks. 14. From Welfare to Rights?: Disability and Legal Change in the United Kingdom in the Late 1990's; B. Doyle. 15. Toward Equality: The ADA's Accommodation of Differences; A. Kanter. Part 3: Life in Law: Specific Application of Law and Disability. 16. From Healthism to Social Well-Being: Health-Related Human Rights of People with Disabilities; K. Tomaševski. 17. Bioethics, Disability and Death: Uncovering Cultural Bias in the Euthanasia Debate; J. Fitzgerald. 18. Peeking through the Eyes of the Body: Regulating the Bodies of Women with Disabilities; I. Karpin. 19. A Long Road to Justice: Serial Abuse of People with Disabilities; L. Chenoweth. 20. People with an Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System; L. Byrnes. 21. Struggling with the Fabric of Disablement: Picking up the Threads of the Law and Education; S. Cook, R. Slee. 22. Advocacy; R. Banks. References.