Description |
xi, 237 pages ; 23 cm |
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Disability, human rights and society |
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Disability, human rights, and society.
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Contents |
Foreword / Mike Oliver -- Introduction / Len Barton and Felicity Armstrong -- 1. Disabled people's quest for social justice in Zimbabwe / Robert Chimedza and Susan Peters -- 2. Human rights and the struggle for inclusive education in Trinidad and Tobago / Ann Cheryl Namsoo and Derrick Armstrong -- 3. Headlights on full beam: disability and education in Hong Kong / John Lewis -- 4. Human rights and inclusive education in China: a Western perspective / Patricia Potts -- 5. Rights and disabilities in educational provision in Pakistan and Bangladesh: roots, rhetoric, reality / M. Miles and Farhad Hossain -- 6. Inclusive education in Canada: a piece in the equality puzzle / Marcia Rioux -- 7. Disability, human rights and education: the United States / Alan Gartner and Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky -- 8. Special education and human rights in Australia: how do we know about disablement, and what does it mean for educators? / Roger Slee |
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9. Educational opportunities and polysemic notions of equality in France / Nathalie Belanger and Nicolas Garant -- 10. Experience-near perspectives on disabled people's rights in Sweden / Anders Gustavsson -- 11. Equality and full participation for all? School practices and special education/integration in Greece / Anastasia Vlachou-Balafouti -- 12. Disability, human rights and education in Cyprus / Helen Phtiaka -- 13. Disability, human rights and education in Romania / Michele Moore and Karen Dunn -- 14. 'Is there anyone there concerned with human rights?' Cross-cultural connections, disability and the struggle for change in England / Felicity Armstrong and Len Barton |
Summary |
"This book recognizes the importance of an informed cross-cultural understanding of the policies and practices of different societies within the field of disability, human rights and education. It represents an attempt to critically engage with issues arising from the historical and contemporary domination of portrayals of 'the western' as advanced, democratic and exemplary, in contrast to the construction of 'the rest of the world' as backward, primitive and inferior in these fundamental areas. How human rights are understood in different contexts is a key theme in this book." "Disability, Human Rights and Education is recommended reading for students and researchers interested in Disability Studies, inclusive education and social policy. It is also directly relevant to professionals and policy makers in the field seeking a greater understanding of cross-cultural perspectives."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
"Foreword by Ward Tonsfeldt"--Cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
People with disabilities -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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People with disabilities -- Social conditions.
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People with disabilities -- Education.
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Human rights.
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SUBJECT |
Camp Polk Meadow Preserve (Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007000644 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Camp Polk Meadow Preserve (Or.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007000644 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237
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Camp Polk Region (Or.) -- History
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Camp Polk Region (Or.) -- Biography
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Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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Biographies.
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Author |
Barton, Len.
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Armstrong, Felicity.
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LC no. |
99013640 |
ISBN |
0335204589 : |
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0335204570 paperback |
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