Umfang:
xii, 176 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780367511746
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9780367511562
Serie:
Interdisciplinary disability studies
Inhalt:
"This book examines the role of disability in the right to political and social participation, an act of citizenship that many disabled people do not enjoy. The disability rights movement does not accept the use of disability to create limits on citizenship, which poses challenges for contemporary societies that will become ever greater as the science and technology of enhancing human abilities evolves. Comprised of eight chapters, four interludes, and a postscript written by leading scholars and disability rights activists, the book explores citizenship for people with disabilities from an interdisciplinary perspective using the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) as a point of departure and the concept of universal design as a strategy for actualizing full citizenship for all. Situating disability in its historical and cultural contexts, the authors offer directions for rethinking citizenship, including implications for access to the built environment, information and communication systems, education, work, community life and politics. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students working in disability studies, planning, architecture, public health, rehabilitation, social work, and education"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781003052708
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rethinking disability and human rights Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781003052708
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rethinking disability and human rights London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 ISBN 9781003052708
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ISBN 1003052703
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ISBN 9781000900286
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ISBN 1000900282
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ISBN 9781000900255
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ISBN 1000900258
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Entwicklungsländer
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Behinderter Mensch
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Bürgerrecht
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