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by Stephen Meyers (Editor), Megan McCloskey (Editor), Gabor Petri (Editor)
Disability is defined by hierarchy. Regardless of culture or context, persons with disabilities are almost always pushed to the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Author Biography
Stephen J. Meyers is Director of the Center for Global Studies, at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He is the author of Civilizing Disability Society: The UN Disability Convention socializing grassroots disabled persons organizations in Nicaragua. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Megan McCloskey is Senior Fellow, Disability Inclusive Development Initiative, International Policy Institute, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Gabor Petri is postdoctoral researcher at the Democracy Institute, Central European University, Budapest and Honorary Lecturer at the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
