Disability, Globalization and Human Rights - Couverture rigide

Livre 33 sur 45: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
 
9781138487055: Disability, Globalization and Human Rights
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ISBN 10 : 1138487058 ISBN 13 : 9781138487055
Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book elaborates on global disability rights that encompass pertinent and emerging themes such as disability rights, globalization, inequalities, international cooperation and representation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hisayo Katsui is Associate Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has been a board member of the Nordic Network of Disability Research; an editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research; chairperson of the Finnish Society for Disability Research; and a permanent expert to the Finnish Advisory Board for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Previously, she worked for the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability, Shuaib Chalklen. She also worked at the Abilis Foundation, a Finnish grant-making organisation of persons with disabilities, formerly led by the late Kalle Könkkölä. Her research interests are disability rights realization in practice as well as participatory research approaches. She has conducted research on disabilities in Central Asia, Ethiopia, Finland, Nepal and Uganda, the findings of which are included as independent case study chapters in this book.

Shuaib Chalklen is currently working for the African Disability Forum as the regional coordinator for their Inclusion Works Program. He previously worked as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability for the period 2009-2014. Prior to this he worked in the Office of the President in South Africa, in the Policy and Advisory Services Unit as the Chief Director for Governance and Administration. He was also responsible for developing South Africa's first policy on disability. During his term as UN Special Rapporteur he established the African Disability Forum and served as its first Chairperson.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138487058
ISBN 13 
9781138487055
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Éditeur
Katsui Hisayo, Chalklen Shuaib
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780367508586: Disability, Globalization and Human Rights

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ISBN 10 :  0367508583 ISBN 13 :  9780367508586
Editeur : Routledge, 2022
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