Self-Help Organizations of People with Disabilities in Asia

by Joseph Kwok, Raymond K.H. Chan, W.T. Chan

This is a comparative analysis of the micro and macro characteristics of self-help organizations of people with disabilities (SHOPs) in seven selected countries and territories in Asia, namely China Mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Since the 1980s, SHOPs have prospered in this region and were given a major role in the United Nations' forum and the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981. The analysis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086569320X
• ISBN13: 9780865693203
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 7.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"