Rights of Inclusion: Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans With Disabilities - Couverture rigide

Engel, David M.; Munger, Frank W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0226208311 ISBN 13 : 9780226208312

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2002

Synopsis

"Rights of Inclusion" provides an innovative, accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans. Based on eye-opening and deeply moving interviews with intended beneficiaries of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), David M. Engel and Frank W. Munger argue for a radically new understanding of rights - one that focuses on their role in everyday lives rather than in formal legal claims. Although all 60 interviewees had experienced discrimination, none had filed a formal protest or lawsuit. Nevertheless, civil rights played a crucial role in their lives. Rights improved their self-image, enhanced their career aspirations and altered the perceptions and assumptions of their employees and coworkers - in effect producing more inclusive institutional arrangements. Focusing on these long-term life histories, Engel and Munger incisively show how rights and identity affect one another over time and how that interaction ultimately determines the success of laws such as the ADA. For anyone concerned with rights, disability and the law, "Rights of Inclusion" should be a landmark work.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

David M. Engel is the Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Buffalo, SUNY, and the author, coauthor, or editor of eight books, including Rights of Inclusion: Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Frank W. Munger is professor of law at the State University of New York at Buffalo and past president of the Law and Society Association. He is the editor of Laboring below the Line.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226208311
• ISBN 13: 9780226208312
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 281
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• Personne responsable: non disponible