Skip to Main Content

Course Sections | Registrar

Back to Course List

Title: Disability and Politics
Course Section Number: GHL-232-01
Department: Political Science
Description: HYBRID COURSE PSC232-01=PPE232-01=GHL232-01 People with disabilities have been excluded in practice-from buildings, transportation, education, etc.-and also in (political) theory: This class will explore the exclusion of people with disabilities in the history of political thought, from Hobbes and Locke to Rawls, as well as more inclusive political theories, such as those of Martha Nussbaum and Alasdair MacIntyre. It will also explore social movements that work to include people with disabilities, including the Disability Rights movement and the Independent Living Movement, centuries-old foster family care in Geel, Belgium, and L'Arche, where people with disabilities and without disabilities live together in community. This class will include a service learning component-we will be in the community, interacting with people with disabilities.
Credits: 1.00
Start Date: August 12, 2020
End Date: November 24, 2020
Meeting Information:
08/13/2020-11/24/2020 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Center Hall, Room 215
Faculty: McCrary, Lorraine

Course Status & Cross-Listings

Cross-list Group Capacity: 18
Cross-list Group Student Count: 18
Calculated Course Status: CLOSED
Section Name/Title Status Dept. Capacity Enrolled/
Available/
Waitlist
Back to Top