Working Towards Equity
Disability Rights Activism and Employment in Late Twentieth-Century Canada
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
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In Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth century. Using a critical analysis of disability in archival records, personal collections, government publications and a series of interviews, Galer demonstrates how demands for greater access among disabled people for paid employment stimulated the development of a new discourse of disability in Canada. Family advocates helped people living in institutions move out into the community as rehabilitation professionals played an increasingly critical role in the lives of working-age adults with disabilities. Meanwhile, civil rights activists crafted a new consumer-led vision of social and economic integration. Employment was, and remains, a central component in disabled peoples' efforts to become productive, autonomous and financially secure members of Canadian society. Working towards Equity offers new in-depth analysis on rights activism as it relates to employment, sheltered workshops, deinstitutionalization and labour markets in the contemporary context in Canada.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2018-05-03
- Mått154 x 229 x 19 mm
- Vikt510 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor328
- FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
- ISBN9781487521301
- UtmärkelserWinner of CAWLS Book Prize awarded by the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies 2019 (Canada)
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