Stephen J. Meyers (University of Washington)

Civilizing Disability Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the ways in which the civil society provisions in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is used to civilize grassroots disability associations in Nicaragua by changing them from local mutual support and service providers into rights advocates organizations that fit a global model.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9781108446433
• ISBN-10: 1108446434
• Artikelnr.: 64109089

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.