Rights of Inclusion
Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2003
302 pages
978-0-226-20834-3 (ISBN)
Description
Rights of Inclusion provides an innovative, accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans. Based on eye-opening and deeply moving interviews with intended beneficiaries of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), David M. Engel and Frank W. Munger argue for a radically new understanding of rights-one that focuses on their role in everyday lives rather than in formal legal claims.Although all sixty interviewees had experienced discrimination, none had filed a formal protest or lawsuit. Nevertheless, civil rights played a crucial role in their lives. Rights improved their self-image, enhanced their career aspirations, and altered the perceptions and assumptions of their employers and coworkers-in effect producing more inclusive institutional arrangements. Focusing on these long-term life histories, Engel and Munger incisively show how rights and identity affect one another over time and how that interaction ultimately determines the success of laws such as the ADA.
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Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities
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Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities
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University of Chicago Press
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- ONE
- Life Story: Sara Lane
- Life Story: Jill Golding
- Life Stories: Sara Lane and Jill Golding Together
- Identity and Rights
- TWO
- Life Story: Raymond Militello
- Reinterpreting the Effects of Rights
- THREE
- Life Story: Sid Tegler
- Work and Identity
- FOUR
- Life Story: Georgia Steeb
- Discursive Frameworks and ADA Rights
- FIVE
- Life Story: Rosemary Sauter
- The Effect of Social Circumstances on Rights and Identity
- SIX
- Life Story: Beth Devon
- Gender and Disability Rights
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
