Disability in Local and Global Worlds

Disability in Local and Global Worlds
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0520246160
ISBN-13 : 9780520246164
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Download or read book Disability in Local and Global Worlds written by Benedicte Ingstad and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a range of local contexts. This book reports on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, India, and Japan. It addresses the definition of human rights in local contexts.


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