| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Law and society series
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Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Toward a critical theory of dis-citizenship / Richard Devlin and Dianne Pothier -- Disability policy making : evaluating the evidence base / Mary Ann McColl [and others] -- Does theory matter? Exploring the nexus between disability, human rights, and public policy / Marcia H. Rioux and Fraser Valentine -- Justice as fairness in accomodating workers with disabilities and critical theory : the limitations of a Rawlsian framework for empowering people with disabilities in Canada / Ravi A. Malhotra -- Multicultural citizenship : the case of the disabled / Theresa Man Ling Lee -- Ghosts in the machine : civil rights laws and the hybrid "invisible other" / Carolyn Tyjewski -- Working at the margins : disabled peope and the growth of precarious employment / Robert D. Wilson -- A life without living : challenging medical and economic reductionism in home support policy for people with disabilities / Kari Krogh and Jon Johnson -- Autism in public policy / Dana Lee Baker -- Post-secondary education and disabled students : mining a level playing field or playing in a minefield? / Teri Hibbs and Dianne Pothier -- Now you see her, now you don't : how law shapes disabled women's experience of exposure, surveillance, and assessment in the clinical encounter / Catherine Frazee, Joan Gilmour, and Roxanne Mykitiuk -- Damage quantification in tort and pre-existing conditions : arguments for a reconceptualization / Darcy L. MacPherson -- Beyond compassion and sympathy to respect and equality : gendered disability and equality rights law / Fiona Sampson -- Infertility and the parameters of discrimination discourse / Daphne Gilbert and Diana Majury -- Appendix : Legal developments in the Supreme Court of Canada regarding disability / Diannce Pothier. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Canada.
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People with disabilities. |
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Canada. |
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People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Canada.
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People with disabilities -- Government policy. |
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Canada.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities. |
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People with disabilities -- Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Devlin, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1960-
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Pothier, Dianne.
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| Cover Title |
Disability |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Critical disability theory. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006404882 |
| ISBN |
9780774812030 |
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0774812036 |
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9780774851695 (electronic book) |
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0774851694 (electronic book) |
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9780774812047 |
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0774812044 |
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