Awareness-raising, legitimation or backlash? Effects of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on education systems in Germany

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 227-250

  Powell, Justin J W ^a   Edelstein, Benjamin ^b   Blanck, Jonna M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; inclusive education; institutional change; path dependence; school segregation; special education; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938633682     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2014.982076     Document Type: Article

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