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 studies--Germany, Japan, and the United Nations--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 fo...

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Main Author:	Heyer, Katharina
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Subjects:	People with disabilities > Civil rights. People with disabilities > Political activity. Sociology of disability. Equality. Human rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities.