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Organizing From Diversity in the Name of Community: Lessons From the Disability Civil Rights Movement
Author(s) -
McGuire Jean Flatley
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb02184.x
Subject(s) - civil rights , cohesion (chemistry) , legislation , diversity (politics) , movement (music) , political science , public administration , community cohesion , sociology , public relations , law , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , aesthetics
The recent passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other pieces of legislation affecting the disability community and other civil rights communities suggests a level of cohesion within the disability movement that blurs the reality and the power of the tensions which did and do exist. Examining the struggles to maintain an effective, cohesive entity provides an opportunity to explore the complexity of the disability movement as well as lessons for policy and program planning and for community organizing.