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Absent Citizens
Disability Politics and Policy in Canada
Michael J. Prince (Author)
9780802096302
Paperback / softback, published 22 April 2009
240 pages, 15 b&w tables
22.8 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg
Prince offers a compelling perspective, a deep and though political analysis, and a number of intriguing propositions for engaging disability studies academy and the disability advocacy movement towards full citizenship. - Mary Ann McColl, Journal of Social Policy, vol 39:04:10
Disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment, and civic membership. Absent Citizens brings to light these chronic deficiencies in Canadian society and emphasizes the effects that these omissions have on the lives of citizens with disabilities. Drawing together elements from feminist studies, political science, public administration, sociology, and urban studies, Michael J. Prince examines mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion, public attitudes on disability, and policy-making processes in the context of disability. Absent Citizens also considers social activism and civic engagements by people with disabilities and disability community organizations, highlighting presence rather than absence and advocating both inquiry and action to ameliorate the marginalization of an often overlooked segment of the Canadian population.
Preface
Introduction: Disability, Politics, and Citizenship
Part One: Ambiguities, Exclusions, and Divisions
1 Pride and Prejudice: Canadian Ambivalence toward Inclusion
2 City Life and the Politics of Strangers
3 Social Stratification, the State, and Disability
Part Two: Capacities, Engagements, and Inclusions
4 Mainstreaming Disabilities in Public Policies
5 The Canadian Disability Community: Five Arenas of Social Action and Capacity
6 From Barriers to Ballots: Participating in Electoral Systems
7 Engaging in Policy Development Processes
Part Three: Conclusions
8 Policing Citizenship: Towards a Fuller Measure of Equality
9 The Policy Record and Reform Agenda
Notes
References
Index