Disability, Globalization and Human Rights
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Disability, Globalization and Human Rights
About this book
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has facilitated the understanding that disability is both a human rights and development issue. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the focus on disability inclusion has become increasingly important in the discourse of international and national efforts for "leaving no one behind", the motto of the SDGs. This book discusses pertinent and emerging themes such as disability rights, globalization, inequalities, international cooperation and representation.
Evidence which has been obtained tends to show that persons with disabilities have been disproportionately left behind without proper representation, participation and inclusion. This book critically investigates the gaps at different levels, from top to bottom, and as importantly, within the global disability movement, for the realization of global disability rights, and theorizes the intersection of disability, globalization and human rights. Empirical case studies from different countries and contexts are introduced to deepen analysis on theories of critical disability studies from a global perspective.
Co-edited by a disability researcher and the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability, this book will be of interest to all students, academics, policy makers and practitioners working to advance the cause of disability rights around the world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Prologue by Hisayo Katsui
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Key concepts and theories
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Disability and vulnerability: A human rights reading of the responsive state
- 5. The global disability rights realization in Ethiopia: Inclusive education of children with disabilities
- 6. The global disability rights realization in Finland: Deinstitutionalization of persons with intellectual disabilities
- 7. The global disability rights realization in Uganda: Political participation and representation of persons with disabilities
- 8. Changing the paradigm of disability from stigma to equity in university social work education in Kyrgyzstan
- 9. The global disability rights realization in Nepal and Tanzania: The right to water and sanitation
- 10. Global disability rights instruments and the challenges of implementation: Observations of the former UN Special Rapporteur on Disability
- 11. Methodological discussion: Participatory research approach in Disability Studies
- 12. Discussing and theorizing global disability rights
- 13. Concluding remarks
- Epilogue by Hisayo Katsui
- Index