Absent Citizens

Michael J. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Disability, Politics, and CitizenshipPart One: Ambiguities, Exclusions, and Divisions1 Pride and Prejudice: Canadian Ambivalence toward Inclusion2 City Life and the Politics of Strangers3 Social Stratification, the State, and DisabilityPart Two: Capacities, Engagements, and Inclusions4 Mainstreaming Disabilities in Public Policies5 The Canadian Disability Community: Five Arenas of Social Action and Capacity6 From Barriers to Ballots: Participating in Electoral Systems7 Engaging in Policy Development Processes Part Three: Conclusions8 Policing Citizenship: Towards a Fuller Measure of Equality 9 The Policy Record and Reform AgendaNotesReferencesIndex

Prince offers a compelling perspective, a deep and though political analysis, and a number of intriguing propositions for engaging disability studies academy and the disability advocacy movement towards full citizenship. - Mary Ann McColl, Journal of Social Policy, vol 39:04:10