Absent Citizens : Disability Politics and Policy in Canada /

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Disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment, and civic membership. Absent Citizens brings to light these chron...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Prince, Michael J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Behinderter Mensch
Behindertenpolitik
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc.
People with disabilities > Government policy.
People with disabilities.
Citizenship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
Citoyennete > Canada.
Personnes handicapees > Droit > Canada.
Personnes handicapees > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Personnes handicapees > Canada.
Citizenship > Canada.
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
People with disabilities > Government policy > Canada.
People with disabilities > Canada.
Kanada
Canada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Disability, politics, and citizenship
  • 1. Pride and prejudice : Canadian ambivalence towards inclusion
  • 2. City life and the politics of strangers
  • 3. Social stratification, the state, and disability
  • 4. Mainstreaming disabilities in public policies
  • 5. Canadian disability community : five arenas of social action and capacity
  • 6. From barriers to ballots : participating in electoral systems
  • 7. Engaging in policy development processes
  • 8. Politicizing citizenship : towards a fuller measure of equality
  • 9. The policy record and reform agenda.

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