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People with Disabilities: Sidelined or Mainstreamed? (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy)

People with Disabilities: Sidelined or Mainstreamed? (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy)

Current price: $38.99
Publication Date: December 18th, 2014
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
9781107502826
Pages:
306
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Description

To what extent are people with disabilities fully included in economic, political, and social life? People with disabilities have faced a long history of exclusion, stigma, and discrimination, but have made impressive gains in the past several decades. These gains include the passage of major civil rights legislation and the adoption of the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world, reviewing hundreds of studies and presenting new evidence from analysis of surveys and interviews with disability leaders. It shows the connections among economic, political, and social inclusion, and how the experience of disability can vary by gender, race, and ethnicity. It uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on theoretical models and research in economics, political science, psychology, disability studies, law, and sociology.