Disability and inequality : socioeconomic imperatives and public policy in Jamaica / Annicia Gayle-Geddes.

By:

Gayle-Geddes, Annicia

New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781137449252
113744925X

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DDC classification:

305.9/08097292 23

LOC classification:

HV1559.J25 G39 2015

Other classification:

SOC031000 | SOC050000 | SOC053000 | SOC057000

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Contents:

Locating disability within Jamaica and the Caribbean -- The globality of disability, human rights and development -- Disability and socio-cultural inequality -- Education and training inequality -- Labor market inequality -- Public policy imperatives.

Summary: "Disability and Inequality 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. Gayle-Geddes 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Disability and Inequality 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. Gayle-Geddes 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.

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