A Seat at the Table: Persons with Disabilities and Policy Making

by William Boyce

Book Overview

A Seat at the Table documents the participation of disability activists and organisations in public policy making in Canada. The authors combine studies of contemporary federal and provincial policy making with a historical perspective on the progress made by disability groups since World War I. The cases they discuss illustrate the tension between issues of human rights and personal capacities that the disability movement must deal with, but which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077352181X
• ISBN13: 9780773521810
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"