Politics of Empowerment
Subtitle: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781503609761
Subjects: Sociology
Description: Despite the progress of decades-old disability rights policy, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, threats continue to undermine the well-being of this population. In Politics of Empowerment, David Pettinicchio offers a historically grounded analysis of the singular caseof U.S. disability policy, countering long-held views of progress that privilege public demand as its primary driver--back cover.