Social inclusion of people with disabilities : national and international perspectives /

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Author / Creator:Rimmerman, Arie.
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description:xvii, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge disability law and policy series
Cambridge disability, law and policy series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8940001
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ISBN:9781107014626 (hardback : alk. paper)
110701462X (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Social Inclusion and Disability
  • 2. Historical roots and conceptualising disability
  • 3. Social exclusion and social inclusion
  • 4. Media and disability, disability culture and digital divide
  • Part II. Strategies to Promote Social Inclusion
  • 5. Social strategies to promote social inclusion: social protection and social capital
  • 6. National disability rights instruments and measures to promote social inclusion
  • 7. The convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: a comprehensive instrument to promote social inclusion
  • 8. Strategies for changing media stereotypes toward people with disabilities and for bridging digital divides
  • 9. Closing remarks