Absent Citizens: Disability Politics and Policy in Canada by Michael J. Prince epub fb2 djvu
Author: | Michael J. Prince |
Title: | Absent Citizens: Disability Politics and Policy in Canada |
ISBN: | 0802099394 |
ISBN13: | 978-0802099396 |
Other Formats: | doc rtf lrf azw |
Pages: | 240 pages |
Publisher: | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 1 edition (April 22, 2009) |
Language: | English |
Size EPUB version: | 1342 kb |
Size FB2 version: | 1895 kb |
Category: | Politics & Social Sciences |
Subcategory: | Social Sciences |
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Disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment, and civic membership. Absent Citizens brings to light these chronic deficiencies in Canadian society and emphasizes the effects that these omissions have on the lives of citizens with disabilities.
Drawing together elements from feminist studies, political science, public administration, sociology, and urban studies, Michael J. Prince examines mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion, public attitudes on disability, and policy-making processes in the context of disability. Absent Citizens also considers social activism and civic engagements by people with disabilities and disability community organizations, highlighting presence rather than absence and advocating both inquiry and action to ameliorate the marginalization of an often overlooked segment of the Canadian population.