Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Anti-discrimination Legislation in the Liberal State and the Fate of the Australian Disability Discrimination Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Handley (Norwich University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 515-528 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361140120100695 |
| OpenAlex | W2036702389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article offers a critical analysis of some of the practical implications for disabled people of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992. Specifically, it raises questions about politics and the role of the law as an instrument of social change taking greater account of the interests of disabled people on the one hand, and of the reliance of the social model of disability on a strategy based upon legal rights on the other. The article also suggests that the constraining effects of Australia's constitutional protections of rights and its federal system of government hinder the mildly progressive elements of the Disability Discrimination Act. To illustrate this, the paper employs empirical evidence to suggest that these effects have been exacerbated by the passage of the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act in 1999
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| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2012 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |