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A Seat at the Table : Persons with Disabilities and Policy Making by William Boyce; Mary Ann McColl; Mary Tremblay; Jerome Bickenbach; Anne Crichton; Steven Andrews; Nancy Gerein; April D’Aubin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has been used to strike down fifty-eight statutes that permitted the exclusion of persons with disabilities, women, ethnic minorities, or gays and lesbians. While some conservatives see this trend as "rulings for the many by the few", those representing excluded groups view their successful court challenges against unjust laws as a long-awaited coming of age, allowing them to finally obtain a seat at the table.A Seat at the Table documents the participation of disability activists and organizations in public policy making in Canada. The authors combine studies of contemporary federal and provincial policy making with a historical perspective on the progress made by disability groups since World War I. The cases they discuss illustrate the tension between issues of human rights and personal capacities that the disability movement must deal with, but which have implications for other groups as well. An analysis of contemporary social policy networks in Canada makes it possible for the authors to suggest reasons for the inconsistent success that disability organizations have had in translating their requirements into policy.

Who reads A Seat at the Table : Persons with Disabilities and Policy Making?

Author

William Boyce; Mary Ann McColl; Mary Tremblay; Jerome Bickenbach; Anne Crichton; Steven Andrews; Nancy Gerein; April D’Aubin

Publisher

ACP - McGill Queen's University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780773521803

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Social Science