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Rights enabled : the disability revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations /

"Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a variety of original sources, Katharina Heyer examines three case studies--Germany, Japan, and the United Nations--to trace the evolution of a disability rights model from its origins in the U.S. through its adaptations in other democracies to its current fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heyer, Katharina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Rights enabled
  • The disability revolution : from welfare to rights
  • Disability rights as civil rights : the ADA and the limits of analogy
  • "Dreamland USA" : American disability rights travel to Germany
  • From welfare to rights : disability law and activism in Japan
  • Disability rights as human rights
  • Conclusion: Tools for going global.