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Author:   O'Brien
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780195156874

ISBN 10:   0195156870
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   12 February 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Rogers Smith: Foreword Preface 1: Introduction Part I: What is a Disability? 2: Joan Aleshire: Eye of the Beholder 3 Defining Moments: (Dis)ability, Individuality, and Normalcy: Part II: Working 4: Achim Nowak: Disclosures 5: C.G.K Atkins: A Chair Unseen 6: Stephen Kuusito: Life without Mozart 7: Revealing Workplaces Part III: Local and State Governmental Services 8: Leonard Kriegel: Beloved Enemies: A Cripple in the Crippled City 9: John Hockenberry: Public Transit 10: Taxis, Trains, and Sidewalks: Navigating the ADA's Mass Transit Problem 11: Joan Tollifson: The Perils of Getting a Driver's License 12: Providing Public Accommodations: Testing, Testing, and Retesting the Disabled 13: Jean Stewart: Sovereignty 14: Ruth O'Brien: Cheaters and Copy Cats 15: Territorial Disputes: Federalism, the Fourteenth Amendment, and Disability Part IV: Public Accommodations of Privately Owned Businesses 16: Shawn Casey O'Brien: Whack! 17: Private Places and Public Spaces 18: Afterword

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A fascinating series of personal accounts a rich and multifaceted overview of disability rights law, and of the experience of living with a disability in the contemporary United States. Voices from the Edge should be of particular interest to students in law, public policy, political science, and disability studies, all of whom would benefit from this mulitfaceted approach to disability and discrimination. --The Law and Politics Book Review

<br> A fascinating series of personal accounts a rich and multifaceted overview of disability rights law, and of the experience of living with a disability in the contemporary United States. Voices from the Edge should be of particular interest to students in law, public policy, political science, and disability studies, all of whom would benefit from this mulitfaceted approach to disability and discrimination. --The Law and Politics Book Review<br>

A fascinating series of personal accounts a rich and multifaceted overview of disability rights law, and of the experience of living with a disability in the contemporary United States. Voices from the Edge should be of particular interest to students in law, public policy, political science, and disability studies, all of whom would benefit from this mulitfaceted approach to disability and discrimination. --The Law and Politics Book Review<br>

Author Information

Ruth O'Brien is Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Chair of the Political Science M.A./PH.D Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is author of Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy.

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