| Disability and Inequality: Socioeconomic Imperatives and Public Policy in Jamaica 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Gayle-Geddes, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349686360 ISBN-13: 9781349686360 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 305.908 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Topical - Mentally Challenged - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |