Critical Disability Theory Essays in Philosophy, Politics, Policy, and Law

Name: Critical Disability Theory Essays in Philosophy, Politics, Policy, and Law
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ISBN: 9780774812047

ISBN-10: 0774812044

ISBN-13: 9780774812047

Edition: 2005

Authors: Dianne Pothier, Richard Devlin

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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.

Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: 7/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



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




Legal Developments in the Supreme Court of Canada Regarding Disability



Contributors


Index