Description: Legislating Fatness by Stephanie von Liebenstein This volume focuses on where and how fatness and law intersect, discussing current anti-discrimination protections related to fatness; the ongoing debate around the introduction of new anti-discrimination categories; and weight stigma in legal practice. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Discrimination based on body weight is an underestimated and widespread problem. There is not a single national law worldwide that prohibits weight discrimination, but quite a number of laws and policies that reinforce, or at least reflect, the existing socially ubiquitous weight stigma. This volume focuses on where and how fatness and law intersect, discussing current anti-discrimination protections related to fatness; the ongoing debate around the introduction of new anti-discrimination categories; national and international principles that seem to argue against the introduction of legal protection of fatness; the question whether fatness should be considered a disability; and weight stigma in legal practice. Starting from a fat studies perspective, this book also considers the legal implications of anti-discrimination legislation for fatness through an intersectional lens, noting how fatness often overlaps with other marginalized identities, including race and ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status. This book will be of interest to both professional and lay audiences, providing an introduction into the legal aspects of weightism, as well as offering solutions for legislative practice. It will be an invaluable resource for everyone who would like to be more weight-sensitive in their legal work. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society. Author Biography Stephanie von Liebenstein is Founder and Vice President of the German Association against Weight Discrimination (Gesellschaft gegen Gewichtsdiskriminierung e.V.), the largest German fat acceptance organization. She has published and presented extensively on weight discrimination, especially its legal implications. The academic editor, writer, and legal scholar lives in Berlin. Table of Contents 1. Fatness, disability, and anti-discrimination law: An introduction to some basic concepts 2. Fighting for a (wide enough) seat at the table: weight stigma in law and policy 3. The anti-stigma principle and legal protection from fattism 4. Failure to launch: one-person-one-fare airline policy and the drawbacks to the disabled-by-obesity legal argument 5. Crossroad between the right to health and the right to be fat 6. Weight and the law in New Zealand Details ISBN1032230363 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 1032230363 ISBN-13 9781032230368 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-07-28 UK Release Date 2022-07-28 Pages 112 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-07-28 NZ Release Date 2022-07-28 Author Stephanie von Liebenstein Subtitle Current Debates in Weight Discrimination, Policy, and Law Edited by Stephanie von Liebenstein DEWEY 342.087 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge Alternative 9781032230375 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135554813;
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