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Informationen zum Autor Peter Blanck! University Professor and Chairman! Burton Blatt Institute! Syracuse University! USA Zusammenfassung In this volume are twenty-five important articles examining historical, contemporary and comparative issues crucial to the advancement of disability rights. The volume foreshadows the future of disability rights as a medium for ensuring that those living with disabilities participate as equal citizens of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Foreword! Christopher McCrudden; Introduction. Rise of Disability Rights: Before disability rights: civil war pensions and the politics of disability in America! Peter David Blanck and Michael Millender; Disability policy and politics: considering consumer influences! Paul K. Longmore; Disability studies: a historical materialist view! B.J. Gleeson; The politics of disability! Mike Oliver; Uncle Tom and Tiny Tim: some reflections on the cripple as negro! Leonard Kriegel . Law of Disability Rights: International disability law - a new legal subject on the rise: the interregional experts' meeting in Hong Kong! December 13-17! 1999! Theresia Degener; The development of the disability rights movement as a social problem solver! Jerry Alan Winter; Reassessing the employment of people with disabilities in Europe: from quotas to anti-discrimination laws! Lisa Waddington; The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (CTH): a 3-dimensional approach to operationalizing human rights! Lee Ann Basser and Melinda Jones; The ADA on the road: disability rights in Germany! Katharina C. Heyer The disability rights movement in Japan: past! present and future! Reiko Hayashi and Masako Okuhira; Disability rights in Latin America and international cooperation! Christian Courtis. Assessment of Disability Rights: Changing the social relations of research production! Mike Oliver; Disability and the myth of the independent researcher! Colin Barnes; Rules of engagement: doing disability research! Tom Shakespeare; Anti-discrimination laws and social research on disability: the minority group perspectives! Harlan Hahn; Empirical implications of Title I! Michael Ashley Stein; Calibrating the impact of the ADA's employment provisions! Peter Blanck! Lisa Schur! Douglas Kruse! Susan Schwochau and Chen Song); Does a needs-led delivery of services undermine disability discrimination principles?! Jerome Bickenbach and Jeremy Cooper. Future of Disability Rights: Defending the social model! Tom Sh ...
