Rights Enabled: The Disability Revolution, from the US, to

Rights Enabled: The Disability Revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations

Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a variety of original sources, Katharina Heyer examines three case studiesâ€”Germany, Japan, and the United Nationsâ€”to trace the evolution of a disability rights model from its origins in the U.S. through its adaptations in other democracies to its current formulation in international law. She demonstrates that, although notions of disability, equality, and rights are reinterpreted and contested within various political contexts, ultimately the result may be a more robust and substantive understanding of equality.

Rights EnabledÂ is a truly interdisciplinary work, combining sociolegal literature on rights and legal mobilization with a deep cultural and sociopolitical analysis of the concept of disability developed in Disability Studies. Heyer raises important issues for scholarship on comparative rights, the global reach of social movements, and the uses and limitations of rights-based activism.
Country USA
Brand University of Michigan Press
Manufacturer University of Michigan Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2015-03-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780472052479

Country	USA
Brand	University of Michigan Press
Manufacturer	University of Michigan Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2015-03-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780472052479

Rights Enabled: The Disability Revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations