Can Disability Rights Flourish in Backsliding Democracies? – The Case of Hungary

Gabor Petri; Erika Hruskó

doi:10.16993/sjdr.1053

Can Disability Rights Flourish in Backsliding Democracies? – The Case of Hungary

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 26 (2024): Issue 1

By: Gabor Petri and Erika Hruskó

Open Access

|Jul 2024

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