<p><i>Civil Disabilities </i>presents original essays by leading figures in disabilities studies who reconsider the meaning of citizenship. Working from a variety of disciplines and approaches, the volume explores the possibilities for imagining a more just and inclusive world for disabled persons.<
Civil disabilities : citizenship, membership, and belonging
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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