Disability and Inequality (eBook)

Socioeconomic Imperatives and Public Policy in Jamaica

A. Gayle-Geddes (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2015
XX, 283 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-44926-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Disability and Inequality explores the lived experiences of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Jamaica.

Daniel Mont, University College London, UK

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Disability and Inequality:Socioeconomic Imperatives and Public Policy in Jamaica explores the lived experiences of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Jamaica, examining measurable socioeconomic deficits that establish PWDs are more likely to experience inferior education, training, and labor market outcomes compared to persons without disabilities. The author provides an evidence-based, theoretically grounded, and implementable public policy framework, called Framework of Key Determinants for Political and Socioeconomic Inclusion of PWDs, which advances anti-discrimination legislation and a twin-track policy schema with interconnected enablers of human rights. Using this framework, Jamaica, the Caribbean, and other Southern countries looking for methods and strategies to fulfill commitments set out by the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will find approaches to sustain existing progress, and address structural systemic deficits which continue to deny PWDs long-term sustainable development.

Autor

Annicia Gayle-Geddes is Visiting Scholar at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and Program Manager of Poverty Reduction Coordination in Jamaica. She has served as National Disability Advisory Board member, National Disability Act Committee member, and Chairperson of the National Consultation Committee for a National Disability Act in Jamaica.

Inhalt

1. The Globality of Disability, Human Rights and Development 2. Disability and Socio-Cultural Inequality 3. Education and Training Inequality 4. Labor Market Inequality 5. Public Policy Imperatives

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 283 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: and CARICOM • Area Studies • attitudes • Caribbean • development aid • Disability • disabled • Discrimination • Education • Education and Training • Employment • Inequality • Jamaica • Labor Force • Labor Market • Nation • Public Policy • Social Policy • socioeconomic • Special education • Unemployment
• ISBN-10: 1-137-44926-8 / 1137449268
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-44926-9 / 9781137449269