Securing rights in the twenty-first century: A comparison of the disability and older persons' rights conventions

Sciubba, Jennifer Dabbs

doi:10.1080/14754835.2015.1103162

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“…While this study was conducted within the Irish context, findings are likely relevant on an international level as wheelchair users in many other countries encounter similar issues. From a human rights perspective, it is a right to access adequate assistive technology that meets individuals' personal health and well-being needs to enable them to participate in society over their lifetime [86]. Injustice will prevail if wheelchair and seating assistive technology professionals do not give political voice to the issues raised here in order to avoid jeopardizing individuals and their families' health, wellbeing and opportunity to participate and potential contribute to community and society.…”

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Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom

Gowran

Clifford

Gallagher

et al. 2020

Disability and Rehabilitation

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Aim The meaning of wheelchair and seating assistive technology and the impact inappropriate provision has on people's lives from a service user's perspective within an Irish context is highlighted. There is a dearth in evidence examining the process of wheelchair and seating provision and the interconnectedness between satisfaction, performance and participation from an equality and human rights perspective. The purpose if the study is to investigate wheelchair service users' perspectives of wheelchair and seating provision in Ireland.Method This is a mixed-methods study with an exploratory sequential design that includes two phases. During phase one, wheelchair service users were invited to take part in qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews, which were thematically analysed and formed part of a larger ethnographic study involving multiple stakeholders in sustainable wheelchair and seating provision strategy development. In phase two, an on-line Survey Monkey questionnaire was distributed to obtain a wider overview of wheelchair service provision from a wheelchair service users perspective.Data obtained from the closed questions and content analysis for open comments was analysed descriptively for this phase.Results Eight wheelchair service users agreed to participate in the interviews and 273 responded to the online survey. Thematic analysis and questionnaire provision service is called for, giving consideration to access to service, assessment and delivery, follow up and management, education and training.

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Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom

Gowran

Clifford

Gallagher

et al. 2020

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…Bei einer wachsenden Zahl kategorialer Konventionen ist mit Wettbewerb zu rechnen, da öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit ein knappes Gut ist. So argumentiert Sciubba (2016) Die Debatten zeigen einen breiten Konsens in vielen Fragen wie auch markante Dissense (zu pro und contra im Vorfeld siehe Doron/Apter 2010). Die weltgesellschaftstheoretische Annahme einer Weltkultur bestätigend, zieht sich die Suggestion gemeinsamer Grundüberzeugungen durch die Debatten.…”

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Gesellschaft und Politik verstehen

2022

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Der vorliegende Band »Gesellschaft und Politik verstehen – Frank Nullmeier zum 65. Geburtstag« ehrt nicht nur einen der bedeutendsten deutschen Politikwissenschaftler der Gegenwart und erlaubt Einblicke in dessen breites wissenschaftliches Werk, sondern gibt auch einen guten Überblick über einige der wichtigsten Themen, die heute in der Politikwissenschaft diskutiert werden: Von zentralen Debatten in der Politischen Theorie, etwa zur Legitimitäts- oder zur Demokratietheorie, über Schlüsselfragen moderner Sozialstaatlichkeit bis hin zur Erforschung einzelner Politikfelder und zur Verwaltungsforschung bildet der Band zentrale Felder der Politikwissenschaft ab; darüber hinaus zeichnet er auch interessante Schnittstellen zu Nachbardisziplinen nach, etwa zu Philosophie oder Soziologie. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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“…In addition to, and arguably underlying, such technocratic objections is the fear of the anticipated cost of implementing the proposed convention. According to Sciubba (2016), since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006, states have become more aware of the financial costs of a legally binding instrument in the twenty-first century. In addition, given that economic and social rights have dominated the discourse surrounding the rights of older person at the OEWGA, which, unlike civil and political rights, require significant public expenditure to implement, this might have stoked the fears of opponents of a new convention who are concerned about its high implementation costs (Herro 2017).…”

Section: The Surprising Case Of Slovenia 'Going It Alone'mentioning

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“…In addition, given that economic and social rights have dominated the discourse surrounding the rights of older person at the OEWGA, which, unlike civil and political rights, require significant public expenditure to implement, this might have stoked the fears of opponents of a new convention who are concerned about its high implementation costs (Herro 2017). Moreover, the global economic downturn that began in 2008 created a backdrop that makes any financial commitment a tough sell for the EU states, which are among the most aged in the world and are thus acutely aware of the economic impact of population ageing and the likely costs of a convention (Sciubba 2014(Sciubba , 2016.…”

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“…This article forms part of a wider project on exploring the role of TANs in shaping the process of establishing a convention on the rights of older persons. So far, the limited literature that is available suggests that the TAN calling for a convention is under-resourced and disorganized (Sciubba 2013(Sciubba , 2016. It also suggests that activists confront closed international political opportunities (such as global austerity measures) that limit their impact (Sciubba 2014).…”

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Domestic interest groups and rights mobilization: explaining the case of Slovenia's support for the proposed Convention on the Rights of Older Persons

Herro

2018

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Slovenia, a country that faced dramatic decline in economic growth and a relatively new European Union member, recently broke with the EU's consensus and announced its support for the proposed Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, a treaty widely expected to be very costly to implement. Using process tracing, counter‐factual analysis and a range of primary and secondary qualitative data sources, in this article I explore the influence of a transnational advocacy network (TAN) on this policy shift and the relevance of national actors and structures. I argue that while people often see TANs as motivated by principled and material imperatives, scholars have mainly explored how and why ostensibly moral transnational actors, such as international non‐governmental organizations, behave instrumentally. In this article, I invert this focus by discussing why a domestic TAN partner – a traditional interest group – mobilized around a human rights issue advanced by a TAN. In doing so, I draw on ideas from social movement studies and, more recently, from international relations to highlight the importance of domestic structures in constituting the identity and interests of individuals and organizations, and therefore their likelihood of supporting transnational norms. I seek to contribute to our understanding of the circumstances under which TANs succeed by unpacking the interactions between the national origin of domestic interest groups, and the crucial links between transnational and domestic groups that are responsible for TANs forming and thereby potentially exerting influence.

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Securing rights in the twenty-first century: A comparison of the disability and older persons' rights conventions

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom

Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom

Gesellschaft und Politik verstehen

Domestic interest groups and rights mobilization: explaining the case of Slovenia's support for the proposed Convention on the Rights of Older Persons

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