The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights
(2015)
Book Chapter
van den Anker, C. (2015). The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Continental Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer
This chapter traces the ongoing effects of eugenics on discourses of ‘disability’, analysing in particular the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I use the sociological methodology of grounded theory-building based on live... Read More about The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights.