Disability and Information Technology

A Comparative Study in Media Regulation

Eliza Varney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

314 Seiten

2015
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-50289-5 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. The book adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on the tension between social and economic values in the regulation of ICTs and calls for a regulatory approach based on a framework of principles that reflects citizenship values. The analysis identifies challenges encountered in the jurisdictions examined and points toward the rights-based approach advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a benchmark in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities to have equal access to information. The research draws on a wealth of resources, including legislation, cases, interviews, consultation documents and responses from organisations representing persons with disabilities.

Eliza Varney is a Lecturer in the School of Law at Keele University. She completed her LLB at the University of Hull (1999), her LLM in Romania (2001) and her Ph.D. at the University of Hull (2006). Her publications include articles in the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Communications Law, the Utilities Law Review, Comparative Socio-Legal Research: Zeitschrift fur Rechtssoziologie, Script-ed, the Yearbook of Consumer Law and the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology.

1. The regulation of ICTs for the pursuit of citizenship rights; 2. Case study: Canada; 3. Case study: the European Union; 4. Case study: the United Kingdom; 5. Case study: the United States of America; 6. Lessons to be learnt? Reflection on the case studies.

Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	800 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-107-50289-6 / 1107502896
ISBN-13	978-1-107-50289-5 / 9781107502895
Zustand	Neuware