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Disability, Globalization and Human Rights

Disability, Globalization and Human Rights

Author: Hisayo Katsui; Chalklen Shuaib
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138487055
Published In: July 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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 realisation 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.

All chapters by Hisayo Katsui, except as indicated)

Prologue

Introduction

Key Concepts and Theories

Methodology

Disability and vulnerability: A human rights reading of the responsive state

by Mikaela Heikkilä, Hisayo Katsui, Maija Mustaniemi-Laakso

Inclusive education of children with disabilities in Ethiopia

Deinstitutionalization of persons with intellectual disabilities in Finland

Political participation and representation of persons with disabilities in Uganda

Changing the paradigm of disability from stigma to equity in university social work education in Kyrgyzstan

by Hisayo Katsui, Gulmira Kazakunova and Mina C. Mojtahedi