Understanding Disability Discrimination Law through Geography

by Fayyaz Vellani

Overview

Examining the UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in comparison to its counterparts in the USA and Australia, this book focuses on how it is being interpreted and acted upon in the context of higher education, a key area of national attention in the UK. It also evaluates this law in the context of the larger project of civil rights legislation and demonstrates that geography can be used to explain law and legal arguments by highlighting their subjectivity and by emphasizing the importance of place, specificity and context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138252769
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/11/2016
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Fayyaz Vellani is Senior Fellow in the Critical Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Part I Concepts in Disability Law: Law and liberal legalism; Law, geography and disability: revealing the idealised spatialities of disability discrimination legislation; Deconstructing liberal discourses in service provision. Part II Implementation: The DDA and the new managerialism in higher education; Accessing the ivory tower: the importance of institutional geographies; Storytelling: the voices of disabled students in higher education. Part III Conclusions: Law’s role in creating inclusive environments for disabled people; Epilogue: the Equality Act [2010]; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'Do not judge this book by its cover. The plain cover art and straightforward title belies the refreshing manner in which the book is presented. It is an excellent example of the richness and value of an interdisciplinary approach to disability issues. Drawing on key tenets of Law, Geography and Disability Studies, the author Fayyaz Vellani, a British-based academic, has written a carefully crafted book'. Social and Cultural Geography 'Understanding Disability Discrimination Law through Geography will be of interest to those who wish to get a flavour of the potential micro-power relations within universities and the everyday experiences of disabled students navigating these systems, and it is these views which we believe give the most novelty to the work'.Disability and Society

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