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Disability publics : making accessibility in modern Japan / Mark R. Bookman ; edited by Carolyn S. Stevens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bookman, Mark Ross, 1991-2022, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Japan.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Services for--Japan.
- People with disabilities--Government policy--Japan.
- Barrier-free design--Japan.
- Barrier-free design.
- People with disabilities--Services for.
- People with disabilities--Government policy.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Over the last 150 years, activists and policymakers in Japan have tried to improve access for disabled persons, but these attempts have frequently excluded as many impaired individuals as they have empowered. Why and how have stakeholders pursued these accessibility projects for different demographics in modern Japan?
- Contents:
- Bodily privilege in the prewar period (1868–1937)
- Wartime welfare and postwar policymaking (1937–1957)
- Economic growth and the rise of residential institutions (1957–1970)
- Deinstitutionalization and experiments in integration (1970–1981)
- Independent living and universal design (1981–2006)
- Implementation issues and antidiscrimination laws (2006–2014)
- Paralympic possibilities and inclusion projects (2014–2021)
- Conclusion: epilogue: breaking down barriers—from pedagogy to praxis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 24, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Bookman, Mark Ross. Disability publics.
- ISBN:
- 9780198935834
- 0198935838
- 9780198935827
- 019893582X
- 9780198935810
- 0198935811
- OCLC:
- 1524111788
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000251508
- CIPO000323490
- CIPO000257178
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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