Civilizing Disability Society - The Convention on Rights of Persons With Disabilities Socializing

List of contents

1. Spending down a grant; 2. Inhabiting Nicaraguan civil society at the intersection; 3. The problem with pretty little programs; 4. Grassroots members walking and rolling away; 5. Identity politics as the continuation of war by other means; 6. Innovation at the crossroads; 7. The CRPD's civilizing mission.

About the author

Stephen J. Meyers is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington with joint appointments in Law, Societies and Justice, International Studies, and Disability Studies. He has close to two decades of experience working with grassroots disability associations in the Global South as a researcher, advocate, and project implementer.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Meyers, Stephen J. Meyers, Stephen J. (University of Washington) Meyers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2022
• EAN: 9781108446433
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44643-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and P; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Nicaragua, Human rights, civil rights, Development Studies, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law