Fayyaz Vellani

Understanding Disability Discrimination Law through Geography (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in comparison to its counterparts in the USA and Australia, this book focuses on how it is being interpreted and acted upon in the context of higher education, a key area of national attention in the UK. It also evaluates this law in the context of the larger project of civil rights legislation and demonstrates that geography can be used to explain law and legal arguments by highlighting their subjectivity and by emphasizing the importance of place, specificity and context. While providing in-depth analysis of the effectiveness and scope of this significant legislation this book demonstrates the importance of geography in the application of law. It provides insights into the broader workings of UK anti-discrimination law, which are particularly relevant given the scrutiny of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the concerns about the effectiveness of legal tools in fighting discrimination. Finally, this book critiques liberal notions of legal subjectivity and medical definitions of disability which is topical given the current attention given to debates about identity politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317004998
• Artikelnr.: 44815502

Autorenporträt

Fayyaz Vellani is Senior Fellow in the Critical Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part I Concepts in Disability Law: Law and liberal legalism
Law, geography and disability: revealing the idealised spatialities of disability discrimination legislation
Deconstructing liberal discourses in service provision. Part II Implementation: The DDA and the new managerialism in higher education
Accessing the ivory tower: the importance of institutional geographies
Storytelling: the voices of disabled students in higher education. Part III Conclusions: Law's role in creating inclusive environments for disabled people
Epilogue: the Equality Act [2010]
Bibliography
Index.