Disability civil rights and public policy the politics of implementation written by stephen l percy fl 1988 tuscaloosa al university of alabama press 1989 originally published 1989 334 pages. Disability civil rights and public policy the politics of implementation item preview remove circle share or embed this item disability civil rights and public policy the politics of implementation by percy stephen l publication date 1989 topics. The premise of disability civil rights and public policy is that implementation policies in these areas evolved through protracted political struggles among a variety of persons and groups affected by disability rights laws efforts to influence policies extended far beyond the process of legislative enactment and resulted in struggles that were played out in the courts and in the executive branch. Following on the heels of other civil rights movements disability rights emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s as they developed these antidiscrimination laws were often more symbolic than precise in terms of objectives and strategies to guide policy implementation