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Disability and information technology : a comparative study in media regulation /
"Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the Eur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Cambridge disability, law and policy series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on the tension between social and economic values in the regulation of ICTs and calls for a regulatory approach based on a framework of principles that reflects citizenship values. The analysis identifies challenges encountered in the jurisdictions examined and points toward the rights-based approach advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a benchmark in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities to have equal access to information. The research draws on a wealth of resources, including legislation, cases, interviews, consultation documents and responses from organisations representing persons with disabilities"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 288 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1139017942 9781139017947 9781107058637 1107058635 9781107055162 1107055164 9781107056282 1107056284 9780521191616 0521191610 9781107057371 110705737X 1107502896 9781107502895 |