Disability publics : making accessibility in modern Japan /

Over the last 150 years, activists and policymakers in Japan have tried to improve access for disabled persons, but these attempts have frequently excluded as many impaired individuals as they have empowered. Why and how have stakeholders pursued these accessibility projects for different demographi...

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Main Author:	Bookman, Mark Ross, 1991-2022 (Author)
Other Authors:	Stevens, Carolyn S., 1963- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	People with disabilities > Japan. People with disabilities > Services for > Japan. People with disabilities > Government policy > Japan. Barrier-free design > Japan. Personnes handicapées > Japon. Personnes handicapées > Services > Japon. Personnes handicapées > Politique gouvernementale > Japon. Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées > Japon. Asia. HISTORY. 20th Century. Modern. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Barrier-free design People with disabilities > Services for People with disabilities > Government policy People with disabilities Japan Health and Wellbeing. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Over the last 150 years, activists and policymakers in Japan have tried to improve access for disabled persons, but these attempts have frequently excluded as many impaired individuals as they have empowered. Why and how have stakeholders pursued these accessibility projects for different demographics in modern Japan?
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780198935834 0198935838 9780198935827 019893582X