This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nationalism, class and sexuality, drawing on accounts from Europe, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australasia.
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CONTRIBUTORS: J. McLaughlin, P. Phillimore, D. Richardson
EAN: 9780230280502
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 494 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-11-01
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GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
Social groups, communities and identities, Social theory, Civics and citizenship
MÓNICA MORENO FIGUEROA Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, UKRUTH FITZGERALD Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Otago, New ZealandANSELMA GALLINET Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UKFAYE GINSBURG Kriser Professor of Anthropology at New York University where she also is Director of the Center for Media, Culture and History and co-Director of the NYU Council for the Study of Disabilities, USA STEPH LAWLER Reader in Sociology at Newcastle University, UKRAYNA RAPP Professor of Anthropology at New York University, USA JACKIE LEACH SCULLY Reader in Social and Bioethics and Director of Research at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, Newcastle University, UKSTEVEN SEIDMAN Teaches Sociology at the University at Albany, USA YVETTE TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UKNIRA YUVAL-DAVIS Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London, UK
