| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages). |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Disability, law and policy series
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Cambridge disability, law and policy series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Anti-subordination above all : a disability perspective -- The mythic 43 million Americans with disabilities at the workplace -- K-12 education -- Higher education and testing accommodations -- Voting -- Reflections on race : the limits of formal equality. |
| Summary |
This book does not start from the premise that separate is inherently unequal. Writing from an "anti-subordination perspective", Professor Colker provides a framework for the courts and society to consider what programs or policies are most likely to lead to substantive equality for individuals with disabilities. In some contexts, she argues for more tolerance of disability-specific programs and, in other contexts, she argues for more disability-integrated programs. Her highly practical investigation includes the topics of K-12 education, higher education, employment, voting, and provision of health care. At the end of the book, she applies this perspective to the racial arena, arguing that school districts should be given latitude to implement more use of racial criteria to attain integrated schools because such environments are most likely to help attain substantive equality from an anti-subordination perspective. The book measures the attainment of equality not on the basis of worn-out mantras but instead on the basis of substantive gains. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Colker, Ruth. When is separate unequal?. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521886185 052188618X (DLC) 2008028631 (OCoLC)232921990 |
| ISBN |
9780511480713 (electronic book) |
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0511480717 (electronic book) |
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0511479913 (electronic book) |
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9780511479915 (electronic book) |
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9780511474262 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0511474261 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9780511476716 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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051147671X (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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9780511841187 (electronic book) |
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0511841183 (electronic book) |
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052188618X (Cloth) |
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0521713811 (Paper) |
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9780521886185 (hardback) |
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9780521713818 (paperback) |
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