Pia Justesen

Broschiertes Buch

From the Periphery

Real-Life Stories of Disability

Beschreibung

"FROM THE PERIPHERY consists of more than thirty first-person narratives by activists and everyday people who describe what it's like to be treated differently by society because of their disabilities"--

Autor

Pia Justesen, PhD, is a Danish human rights lawyer, professor, and writer who moved to the United States in 2014. In Chicago she has taught disability rights at the University of Illinois and worked with the independent living organization Access Living. She has an extensive list of publications on human rights and discrimination issues. Her work focuses specifically on the human rights of racial minorities and persons with disabilities. In Denmark she also worked as a corporate social responsibility advisor and a labor union lawyer. Pia has three children and lives with her husband. She currently splits her time between Chicago and Copenhagen. For more information: http: //www.piajustesen.com and https: //www.facebook.com/storiesfromtheperiphery Tom Harkin served as US Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. He coauthored the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and was its chief sponsor in the Senate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chicago Review Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781641601580
• ISBN-10: 1641601582
• Artikelnr.: 55768057