Rights of Inclusion - Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities

PrefaceIntroductionOneLife Story: Sara LaneLife Story: Jill GoldingLife Stories: Sara Lane and Jill Golding TogetherIdentity and RightsTwoLife Story: Raymond MilitelloReinterpreting the Effects of RightsThreeLife Story: Sid TeglerWork and IdentityFourLife Story: Georgia Stee Discursive Frameworks and ADA RightsFiveLife Story: Rosemary SauterThe Effect of Social Circumstances on Rights and IdentitySixLife Story: Beth DevonGender and Disability RightsConclusionReferencesIndex

Summary

Providing an innovative and accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans, this work argues for a radical new understanding of rights. The study is based on interviews with those who had experienced discrimination on disability issues.

Product details

• Authors: David M. Engel, David M. Halperin, Frank Munger, Frank W. Munger
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2003
• EAN: 9780226208336
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20833-6
• No. of pages: 281
• Dimensions: 227 mm x 152 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 436 g
• Series: Chicago Series in Law and Soci; Chicago Series in Law and Society
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science