Absent Citizens : : Disability Politics and Policy in Canada / / Michael J. Prince.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Disability, Politics, and Citizenship
- 1. Pride and Prejudice: Canadian Ambivalence towards Inclusion
- 2. City Line and the Politics of Strangers
- 3. Social Stratification, the State, and Disability
- 4. Mainstreaming Disabilities in Public Policies
- 5. The 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
- Notes
- References
- Index