{"product_id":"making-rights-a-reality-disability-rights-activists-and-legal-mobilization-paperback-9781107616400","title":"Making Rights a Reality?; Disability Rights Activists and Legal Mobilization (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107616400","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Rights a Reality?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDisability Rights Activists and Legal Mobilization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores how disability activists in the UK and Canada have transformed aspirations into legal claims in their quest for equality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa Vanhala (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107616400, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  14 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMaking Rights a Reality? explores the way in which disability activists in the United Kingdom and Canada have transformed their aspirations into legal claims in their quest for equality. It unpacks shifting conceptualizations of the political identity of disability and the role of a rights discourse in these dynamics. In doing so, it delves into the diffusion of disability rights among grassroots organizations and the traditional disability charities. The book draws on a wealth of primary sources including court records and campaign documents and encompassing interviews with more than sixty activists and legal experts. While showing that the disability rights movement has had a significant impact on equality jurisprudence in two countries, the book also demonstrates that the act of mobilizing rights can have consequences, both intended and unintended, for social movements themselves.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: legal mobilization and accommodating social movements\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rights and political identity in the Canadian disability movement\u003cbr\u003e 3. Disability equality and opportunity in the Supreme Court of Canada\u003cbr\u003e 4. Disability organizations and the diffusion of rights in the United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e 5. Framing disability equality in the UK courts\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conclusions: litigation, mobilization and social movements.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Law \u0026amp; society [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Law \u0026amp; society\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Law%20\u0026amp;%20society%20%5BLAQ%5D%22\"\u003eLAQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004499906840,"sku":"9781107616400","price":29.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107616400i.jpg?v=1696770018","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-rights-a-reality-disability-rights-activists-and-legal-mobilization-paperback-9781107616400","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}