Ebook: Absent Citizens: Disability Politics and Policy in Canada

Introduction. Disability, politics, and citizenship -- 1. Pride and prejudice : Canadian ambivalence towards inclusion -- 2. City life and the politics of strangers -- 3. Social stratification, the state, and disability -- 4. Mainstreaming disabilities in public policies -- 5. Canadian disability community : five arenas of social action and capacity -- 6. From barriers to ballots : participating in electoral systems -- 7. Engaging in policy development processes -- 8. Politicizing citizenship : towards a fuller measure of equality -- 9. The policy record and reform agenda.