Critical Disability Theory : Essays in Philosophy, Politics, Policy, and Law / edited by Dianne Pothier, Richard Devlin.
Baker, Dana Lee, 1973- contributor, contributor.; Boyce, William contributor, contributor.; Devlin, Richard, contributor, contributor.; Devlin, Richard, editor.; Frazee, Catherine contributor, contributor.; Gilbert, Daphne, contributor, contributor.; Gilmour, Joan, contributor, contributor.; Hibbs, Teri, contributor, contributor.; James, Alison contributor, contributor.; Johnson, Jon contributor, contributor.; Krogh, Kari, contributor, contributor.; Lee, Theresa Man Ling contributor, contributor.; MacPherson, Darcy L., contributor. contributor.; Majury, Diana, contributor, contributor.; Malhotra, Ravi (Professor) contributor., contributor.; McColl, Mary Ann, 1956- contributor, contributor.; Mykitiuk, Roxanne, 1962- contributor, contributor.; Pothier, Dianne contributor, contributor.; Pothier, Dianne editor.; Rioux, Marcia H. contributor., contributor.; Sampson, Fiona contributor, contributor.; Shortt, Sam, contributor, contributor.; Tyjewski, Carolyn, contributor, contributor.; Valentine, Fraser, 1970- contributor, contributor.; Wilton, Robert D., contributor. contributor.
2007
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Title
Critical Disability Theory : Essays in Philosophy, Politics, Policy, and Law / edited by Dianne Pothier, Richard Devlin.
Added Author
Baker, Dana Lee, 1973- contributor, contributor.
Boyce, William contributor, contributor.
Devlin, Richard, contributor, contributor.
Devlin, Richard, editor.
Frazee, Catherine contributor, contributor.
Gilbert, Daphne, contributor, contributor.
Gilmour, Joan, contributor, contributor.
Hibbs, Teri, contributor, contributor.
James, Alison contributor, contributor.
Johnson, Jon contributor, contributor.
Krogh, Kari, contributor, contributor.
Lee, Theresa Man Ling contributor, contributor.
MacPherson, Darcy L., contributor. contributor.
Majury, Diana, contributor, contributor.
Malhotra, Ravi (Professor) contributor., contributor.
McColl, Mary Ann, 1956- contributor, contributor.
Mykitiuk, Roxanne, 1962- contributor, contributor.
Pothier, Dianne contributor, contributor.
Pothier, Dianne editor.
Rioux, Marcia H. contributor., contributor.
Sampson, Fiona contributor, contributor.
Shortt, Sam, contributor, contributor.
Tyjewski, Carolyn, contributor, contributor.
Valentine, Fraser, 1970- contributor, contributor.
Wilton, Robert D., contributor. contributor.
Boyce, William contributor, contributor.
Devlin, Richard, contributor, contributor.
Devlin, Richard, editor.
Frazee, Catherine contributor, contributor.
Gilbert, Daphne, contributor, contributor.
Gilmour, Joan, contributor, contributor.
Hibbs, Teri, contributor, contributor.
James, Alison contributor, contributor.
Johnson, Jon contributor, contributor.
Krogh, Kari, contributor, contributor.
Lee, Theresa Man Ling contributor, contributor.
MacPherson, Darcy L., contributor. contributor.
Majury, Diana, contributor, contributor.
Malhotra, Ravi (Professor) contributor., contributor.
McColl, Mary Ann, 1956- contributor, contributor.
Mykitiuk, Roxanne, 1962- contributor, contributor.
Pothier, Dianne contributor, contributor.
Pothier, Dianne editor.
Rioux, Marcia H. contributor., contributor.
Sampson, Fiona contributor, contributor.
Shortt, Sam, contributor, contributor.
Tyjewski, Carolyn, contributor, contributor.
Valentine, Fraser, 1970- contributor, contributor.
Wilton, Robert D., contributor. contributor.
Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : University of British Columbia Press, [2007]
Copyright
©2005
Description
1 online resource (352 p.) : 11 b&w illustrations, 7 tables.
Series
Law and Society.
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction: Toward a Critical Theory of Dis-Citizenship
Setting the Context
Disability Policy Making: Evaluating the Evidence Base
Conceptual Frameworks
Does Theory Matter? Exploring the Nexus between Disability, Human Rights, and Public Policy
Justice as Fairness in Accommodating Workers with Disabilities and Critical Theory: The Limitations of a Rawlsian Framework for Empowering People with Disabilities in Canada
Multicultural Citizenship: The Case of the Disabled
Ghosts in the Machine: Civil Rights Laws and the Hybrid "Invisible Other"
Policy Analyses
Working at the Margins: Disabled People and the Growth of Precarious Employment
A Life without Living: Challenging Medical and Economic Reductionism in Home Support Policy for People with Disabilities
Autism as Public Policy
Post-Secondary Education and Disabled Students: Mining a Level Playing Field or Playing in a Minefield?
Legal Interrogations
Now You See Her, Now You Don't: How Law Shapes Disabled Women's Experience of Exposure, Surveillance, and Assessment in the Clinical Encounter
Damage Quantification in Tort and Pre-Existing Conditions: Arguments for a Reconceptualization
Beyond Compassion and Sympathy to Respect and Equality: Gendered Disability and Equality Rights Law
Infertility and the Parameters of Discrimination Discourse
Appendix
Contributors
Index
Law and Society
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction: Toward a Critical Theory of Dis-Citizenship
Setting the Context
Disability Policy Making: Evaluating the Evidence Base
Conceptual Frameworks
Does Theory Matter? Exploring the Nexus between Disability, Human Rights, and Public Policy
Justice as Fairness in Accommodating Workers with Disabilities and Critical Theory: The Limitations of a Rawlsian Framework for Empowering People with Disabilities in Canada
Multicultural Citizenship: The Case of the Disabled
Ghosts in the Machine: Civil Rights Laws and the Hybrid "Invisible Other"
Policy Analyses
Working at the Margins: Disabled People and the Growth of Precarious Employment
A Life without Living: Challenging Medical and Economic Reductionism in Home Support Policy for People with Disabilities
Autism as Public Policy
Post-Secondary Education and Disabled Students: Mining a Level Playing Field or Playing in a Minefield?
Legal Interrogations
Now You See Her, Now You Don't: How Law Shapes Disabled Women's Experience of Exposure, Surveillance, and Assessment in the Clinical Encounter
Damage Quantification in Tort and Pre-Existing Conditions: Arguments for a Reconceptualization
Beyond Compassion and Sympathy to Respect and Equality: Gendered Disability and Equality Rights Law
Infertility and the Parameters of Discrimination Discourse
Appendix
Contributors
Index
Law and Society
Summary
People with disabilities in Canada inhabit a system of deep structural, economic, social, political, legal, and cultural inequality - a regime of dis-citizenship. Despite the widespread belief that Canada is a country of liberty, equality, and inclusiveness, many persons with disabilities experience social exclusion and marginalization. They are socially constructed as second-class citizens. Conventional understandings of disability are dependent on assumptions that characterize disability as misfortune and by implication privilege the "normal" over the "abnormal." Consequently, it is presumed that societal organization based upon able-bodied and -minded norms is inevitable and that the best we can do is show sympathy or pity. The essays Critical Disability Theory contend instead that achieving equality for the disabled is not fundamentally a question of medicine or health, nor is it an issue of sensitivity or compassion. Rather, it is a question of politics, and of power and powerlessness. This book argues that we need new ways to think about the nature of disability, a new understanding of participatory citizenship that encompasses the disabled, new policies to respond to their needs, and a new vision of their entitlements. Twenty-four scholars from a variety of disciplines come together here to identify the problems with traditional approaches to disability and to provide new directions. The essays range from focused empirical and experiential studies of different disabilities, to policy analyses, legal interrogations, and philosophical reconsiderations. The result will be of interest to policy makers, professionals, academics, non-governmental organizations, and grassroots activists.
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In English.
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