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Disability and Community Living Policies
Arie Rimmerman
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Description for Disability and Community Living Policies
hardcover. This book discusses American and European policies surrounding deinstitutionalization and community living, including Articles 12 and 19 of the UNCRPD. Series: Cambridge Disability, Law and Policy Series. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the roots of institutionalization, deinstitutionalization legislation and policies of the twentieth century, and twenty-first-century efforts to promote community living policies domestically and internationally, particularly through the role of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), a landmark treaty adopted on 13 December 2006. Rimmerman shows that deinstitutionalization and community living cannot be examined only in terms of the number of institutions closed but also through the substantial change in values, legislation, and policies supporting personalization, as well as the social participation of people with disabilities. The book includes ... Read more
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the roots of institutionalization, deinstitutionalization legislation and policies of the twentieth century, and twenty-first-century efforts to promote community living policies domestically and internationally, particularly through the role of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), a landmark treaty adopted on 13 December 2006. Rimmerman shows that deinstitutionalization and community living cannot be examined only in terms of the number of institutions closed but also through the substantial change in values, legislation, and policies supporting personalization, as well as the social participation of people with disabilities. The book includes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cambridge Disability, Law and Policy Series
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107140714
SKU
V9781107140714
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Ref
99-24
About Arie Rimmerman
Arie Rimmerman is Richard Crossman Professor of Social Welfare and Social Planning, and former Dean of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, and Head of School of Social Work at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of two recent books, Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities (Cambridge, 2013) and Family Policy and Disability (Cambridge, 2015). He is the ... Read more
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