Disability and Inequality
A Gayle-Geddes
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Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
Number of Pages
283
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349686360
SKU
V9781349686360
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99-15
About A Gayle-Geddes
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.
Reviews for Disability and Inequality
“Disability and Inequality provides an often overlooked analysis of disability in a developing nation. … Gayle-Geddes gives a thorough theoretical picture and supplements this with quantitative data from censuses and research, along with her own qualitative research to provide a clear picture of what it is like to be disabled in Jamaica. Furthermore, she does this in a way that ... Read more