Research on Agenda Building of the Disability Rights Movement in Taiwan
| Autor: | Huang Yin-chieh, 黃瀅潔 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 98 The rights of persons with disabilities have received highly attention around the world for many years. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities passed in August, 2006 by the United Nations is the first international human rights treaty in the 21th century and also the first international convention with validity to protect the rights of persons with disabilities. To date, there are estimated to be over 1.07 million persons with disabilities in Taiwan. Fortunately, People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act, which was amended and renamed in 2007 has made the human rights of persons with disabilities safeguarded by law to a certain degree. So far, it is clear that the goal of rights of persons with disabilities is to pursue a society of full possession and participation with free and equal opportunities. With the focus on the rights of persons with disabilities, this study adopts Agenda Building Theory to examine the entire development process of Disability Rights Movement in Taiwan, including founding stage, identification stage, diffusion stage and entering stage. For this purpose, in-depth interview and secondary data analysis are used to explore international development of rights of persons with disabilities, the evolution of Disability Rights Movement in Taiwan, and the connection between Taiwan and the world. Research questions in this study are as follows: (1) How does the concept of international rights of persons with disabilities develop? (2) What are the factors making Agenda Building of the Disability Rights Movement in Taiwan emerge and evolve? What are the strategies the initiators of Agenda Building adopt at each stage and what is the interaction of these strategies? (3) The current development of rights of persons with disabilities in Taiwan The result shows that the concept of rights of persons with disabilities is originated from the West and the Disability Rights Movement in Taiwan also makes steps to closely follow the international evolution. Moreover, the initiation and development of Disability Rights Movement is greatly related to the specific time and spatial background, democratization process and economic development in Taiwan. The movements are mainly initiated by disability group, social workers and persons with disabilities and their families. They started to strive for basic rights in the form of social movement in 1980s and then try to seek a lawful standpoint by legislation in 1990s. These years, they further advocate human right to promote self-management ability and equal statue in society for those with disabilities. In terms of the concept of rights of persons with disabilities, Taiwan is now stepping forward to promote their participation in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural spheres with equal opportunities. |
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