Social groups, communities and identities Books

Book SynopsisThis collection of essays addresses the issues and concerns raised by the emphasis on society not as a series of homogeneous interlocking blocks, but as a plethora of different, sometimes overlapping and often conflicting communities.Table of ContentsA place called home - identity and the cultural politics of difference, Jonathan Rutherford; feminism - dead or alive?, Andrea Stuart; welcome to the jungle - identity and diversity in postmodern politics, Kobena Mercer; confinement, Frances Angela; the value of difference, Jeffrey Weeks; black feminism - the politics of articulation, Pratibha Parmar; live for Sharam and die for Izzat, Zarina Bhimji; practices of freedom - "citizenship" and the politics of identity in the age of AIDS, Simon Watney; a nasty piece of work - psychoanalytic study of sexual and racial difference in "Mona Lisa", Lola Young; the third space - interview with Homi Bhabha; cultural identity and diaspora, Stuart Hall.

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Book SynopsisA discussion of the idea of civilization and how, at different times, the concept has been used by the powerful in order to defend their status. It examines how civilization has been closely tied to the rise of capitalism in Western Europe and the development of social classes.Table of ContentsInventing civilization; civilization and its boosters; civilization and its critics; inventing barbarians and other uncivilized peoples; uncivilized peoples speak.

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Book SynopsisTim Mason formerly of St Peter's College, Oxford Translated from the German by John BroadwinTrade Review'... an outstanding empirical analysis of Nazi-Germany in peacetime.'The Economic History Review'Even for those who are aware of Mason's pioneering work on the Third Reich, this edition is a 'must' ... highly recommended.'History and Politics'... a monument to scholarship.'Patterns of Prejudice'... 'Sozialpolitik im Dritten Reich', of which the above-mentioned volume is the first English translation, has become a classic.'European Studies Newsletter'... a superb and concise survey of many of the key debates about National Socialism over the last twenty years.'German HistoryTable of ContentsThe legacy of 1918 for national socialism; national socialism and the working class, 1925 to May 1933; the revolution of class; the condition of the working class in Germany, 1933-1936 - employment creation programmes, wages, living standards and the state social policy; labour policy and social ideology, 1934-1936; labour policy, rearmament and war, September 1936 to December 1939 - social consequences of rearmament, the regime's reaction to the impending crisis, concluding remarks. Epilogue: introduction; class; domestic crisis and war, 1939; 1939-1945.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to provide an analysis of racism in the Mediterranean region. Ian Law reassesses contemporary processes of racialization, employing theoretical tools including polyracism, racial Arabization and racial Nawarization and drawing on new evidence on racism in North Africa, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece and the Roma campland in Italy.Table of Contents1. Racial Mediterraneanization: Origins and Development 2. Contemporary Racisms in the Mediterranean Region 3. The Mediterranean Roma 4. The Mediterranean Expulsion Machine

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Book SynopsisThe London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were seen as a success and the hosts were praised for the promotion of equality, tolerance and unity as well as inspiring a legacy to continue these values. This volume contains a collection of sociological case studies which critically assess the diverse impacts of London 2012 and its key controversies.Table of Contents1. Introduction; Kevin Dixon and Tom Gibbons 2. The 2012 Paralympics and Perceptions of Disability in the UK; Stuart Braye, Kevin Dixon and Tom Gibbons 3. The GB Football Team for London 2012: What's all the fuss about?; Tom Gibbons, Kevin Dixon, Stuart Braye 4. London 2012: The Women's Games? Examining the Photographic Evidence; Amy Godoy-Pressland and Gerald Griggs 5. A Critical Examination of the London 2012 Legacy; Mike McGuinness 6. Conclusion: Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties; Tom Gibbons and Kevin Dixon

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Book SynopsisChapter 1 Introduction: Thinking Critically about Mental Illness.- Chapter 2 Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy.- Chapter 3 Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental illness in Neoliberal Society.- Chapter 4 Work: Enforcing Compliance.- Chapter 5 Youth: Medicalising Deviance.- Chapter 6 Women: Reproducing Patriarchal Relations.- Chapter 7 Resistance: Pathologising Dissent.- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Challenging the Psychiatric Hegemon.- Chapter Appendix 1: Methodology for Textual Analysis of the DSMs.- Chapter Appendix 2: Youth-Related Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 19522013.- Chapter Appendix 3: Feminised' Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 19522013.Trade Review“Psychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness examines the genealogy of the current hegemonic status of psychiatry in neoliberal societies. His reconstruction of stories and their historical, political, institutional, and economical embeddedness bridges the gap between conceptualizations of mental illness in the traditions of symbolic interactionism, social constructivism, and more classically Marxist-influenced antipsychiatry. … Cohen’s work reminds us that critical challenges to psychiatric hegemony were once, and should again be, a progressive cause.” (Martin Harbusch and Michael Dellwing, Symbolic Interaction, August 26, 2019)“Psychiatric Hegemony explains how and why psychiatric discourse escaped from the clinic and spread throughout the masses to achieve hegemonic status in neo-liberal society. … Psychiatric Hegemony will inspire a wide range of scholarship that informs both the social and biological sciences, and that will one day perhaps even make a difference to the health and well-being of diverse populations worldwide.” (Paul H. Mason, Social History of Medicine, Vol. 31 (1), February, 2018)“In Psychiatric Hegemony, Bruce Cohen offers a critical analysis of the mental health system … . Cohen joins with other voices in calling for a system that provides necessary, humane help to those in need, and that exists to serve those in need … . These objectives seem worthwhile, and perhaps this volume will engage others in thinking outside the sociocultural box as well.” (Andrew Nocita, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (25), June, 2017)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Thinking Critically about Mental Illness.- Chapter 2 Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy.- Chapter 3 Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental illness in Neoliberal Society.- Chapter 4 Work: Enforcing Compliance.- Chapter 5 Youth: Medicalising Deviance.- Chapter 6 Women: Reproducing Patriarchal Relations.- Chapter 7 Resistance: Pathologising Dissent.- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Challenging the Psychiatric Hegemon.- Chapter Appendix 1: Methodology for Textual Analysis of the DSMs.- Chapter Appendix 2: Youth-Related Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 1952–2013.- Chapter Appendix 3: ‘Feminised’ Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 1952–2013.

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Book SynopsisPreface and acknowledgments.- Joey T. Cheng, Jessica L. Tracy, and Cameron Anderson.- Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: The Nature of Social Status and Hierarchy.- Chapter 1.Toward a unified science of hierarchy: Dominance and prestige are two fundamental pathways to human social rank Joey T. Cheng and Jessica L. Tracy.- Chapter 2. Prestige and the ongoing process of culture revision Jerome H. Barkow Chapter 3. Do status hierarchies benefit groups? A bounded functionalist account of status Cameron Anderson and Robb Willer.- Chapter 4. What's in a name? Status, power, and other forms of social hierarchy Steven L. Blader and Ya-Ru Chen.- Part II. Who Leads? Psychological Underpinnings of Status Attainment.- Chapter 5. Personality and status attainment:  A Micropolitics perspective.- Cameron Anderson and Jon Cowan.- Chapter 6.The status-size hypothesis: How cues of physical size and social status influence eacTable of ContentsFront Matter Preface and acknowledgments Joey T. Cheng, Jessica L. Tracy, and Cameron Anderson Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: The Nature of Social Status and Hierarchy Chapter 1. Toward a unified science of hierarchy: Dominance and prestige are two fundamental pathways to human social rank Joey T. Cheng and Jessica L. Tracy Chapter 2. Prestige and the ongoing process of culture revision Jerome H. Barkow Chapter 3. Do status hierarchies benefit groups? A bounded functionalist account of status Cameron Anderson and Robb Willer Chapter 4. What’s in a name? Status, power, and other forms of social hierarchy Steven L. Blader and Ya-Ru Chen Part II. Who Leads? Psychological Underpinnings of Status Attainment Chapter 5. Personality and status attainment: A Micropolitics perspective Cameron Anderson and Jon Cowan Chapter 6. The status-size hypothesis: How cues of physical size and social status influence each other Nancy M. Blaker and Mark van Vugt Chapter 7. Prosocial behavior and social status Sara Kafashan, Adam Sparks, Vladas Griskevicius, and Pat Barclay Chapter 8. The pursuit of status: A self-presentational perspective on the quest for social value Mark R. Leary, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, and Kate J. Diebels Chapter 9. The roots and fruits of social status in small-scale human societies Christopher von Rueden Chapter 10. The emotional underpinnings of social status Conor M. Steckler and Jessica L. TracyPart III. Intrapsychic and Interpersonal Consequences of Status Chapter 11. Decision-making at the top: Benefits and barriers Nathanael J. Fast and Priyanka D. Joshi Chapter 12. Social categories create and reflect inequality: Psychological and sociological insights Michael S. North and Susan T. FiskePart IV. How is Status Manifested in the Body? Chapter 13. Hormones and hierarchies Erik L. Knight and Pranjal H. Mehta Chapter 14. Neural basis of social status hierarchy Narun Pornpattananangkul, Caroline F. Zink, Joan Y. Chiao Chapter 15. Nonverbal communication and the vertical dimension of social relations Judith A. Hall, Ioana-Maria Latu, Dana R. Carney, Marianne Schmid Mast Part V. Methodology Chapter 16. The assessment of social status: A review of measures and experimental manipulations Joey T. Cheng, Aaron C. Weidman, and Jessica L. Tracy

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Book SynopsisZetetic Astronomy is a classic 1881 volume on Flat Earth theory that gives a fascinating introduction to zetetic astronomy and the work of Samuel Birley Rowbotham. What if the Earth isn''t a globe like we''ve been told? What if, instead, it is an enclosed plane surrounded by a wall of ice with the North Pole at its centre? Writing under the pseudonym of Parallax, Samuel Birley Rowbotham breaks down his alternative ideas and introduces zetetic astronomy in this 1865 treatise. This classic volume is a great introduction to Flat Earth theory and is sure to initiate many interesting conversations.Rowbotham disputes science by offering his own theories. He explores the idea that the Earth is flat and that below us is a layer of fire. The planets and stars that modern science state to be millions of kilometers and lightyears away are, according to Rowbotham, within just a few hundred miles of the Earth''s surface. Zetetic Astronomy is a faith-based science of cosmos and provides riveting explanations for Flat Earth thought. Incorporating his strong Christian beliefs with his evidence, Rowbotham argues that Heaven and Hell are in existence above and below our planet respectively.This high-quality volume features chapters such as:- Introduction - Experiments proving the Earth to be a Plane- The Earth no Axial or Orbital Motion- The True Distance of the Sun and Stars- The Sun moves in a Circle over the Earth, concentric with the North Pole- Diameter of Sun''s path Constantly Changing- Causes of Day and Night, Seasons, &c.- Cause of ''Sun Rise'' and ''Sun Set''Proudly republished by Obscure Press in this beautiful new edition, Zetetic Astronomy is a must-read for those with an interest in Flat Earth theory, and is not to be missed by vintage literature collectors.

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Book SynopsisKintyre poet and historian Angus Martin's interest in placea'names extends back over 40 years. This meticulously researched exploration covers over 200 Gaelic place-name elements, plus many others of Norse, Scots and English origin. Over 1200 individual place-names are examined, from the well-known to the obscure and forgotten. These names are drawn from a diverse range of sources, from mid-19th century Ordnance Survey maps and field notebooks to fishermen and shepherds whose store of names contained many known only to themselves. As well as looking at the origin and meaning of place-names, Martin also looks at their historical associations - the events and families connected with them - to provide a full and fascinating account which will illuminate the landscape of his native Kintyre. This, then, is a book which will interest not only students of place-names, but also archaeologists, local historians, genealogists, naturalists, and anyone with a passion for Kintyre and its colourful past.Trade Review'What we have here is far from being the average book on place-names. There is history - There's genealogy - There are notes on Kintyre writers and bards - The pages are full - as the now-deserted steadings and sheilings once were - of Kintyre people from the distant and the more recent past, working, fishing, farming, living hard but well.' Moira Burgess, Kintyre Magazine.

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Book SynopsisWhen contrasted with their dramatic strike victories of 1972 and 1974, the shattering industrial defeat suffered by British miners in 1985 has been seen as evidence of the further weakening of working-class solidarity. Waged with complete unity, the strikes of 1972 and 1974 brought the miners substantial material gains, contributed to the downfall of a government, and reinforced the National Union of Mineworkers' position at the core of the British labour movement. In contrast, 1984-85 saw the miners racked by internal division, and their attempt to resist the pit closure programme of the Thatcher government end in bitter defeat.Trade Review'Andrew Richards tells (the miners') story, often in their own words, with insight and empathy.'TLS'In eight succinct chapters Andrew Richard charts the complexity and resilience of class solidarity in that momentous year. [...] ... the richness of the book is that it really does look at the rank and file miners and how they and their families interpreted the strike and its significance for their lives and those of their friends.'The Lecturer - NAHFE'This is an important book because it analyses conciousness and action during the most significant industrial struggle ever witnessed in the UK, using the participants' words and perspectives.'Labour History Review

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive theory of invisibility as a critical sociological concept, addressing the relationship between social suffering and invisibilization. Herzog draws on social theory and a variety of empirical examples to analyze social grammar and unveil various mechanisms of social suffering. Presenting an original theory of silencing and suffering, this book outlines a substantive theory and methodology of invisibilization as an instrument of authority. This systemic analysis of visibility as both a liberating and dominating mechanism will be a major contribution to the field of critical theory, offering an original framework to help improve the situation of excluded groups and individuals.Invisibilization of Suffering will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars across sociology, social philosophy, social work, political sciences, criminology, linguistics and education, with a focus on justice theory, marginalization, discrimination and exclusion.Trade Review“The monograph as a whole makes apparent the difficulties in analyzing social suffering as a conceptual object because there are many intersecting forms of suffering to consider. This text is a useful handbook for understanding these complex linkages in terms of what they are like empirically, rather than of how they should be. In subsequent system analyses that prioritize holism, this work is indispensable. … His blend of interdisciplinary concern and immanent critique is an impressive feat in critical suffering studies.” (Mikaela Brough, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford Online, Vol. 13 (1), 2021)Table of Contents1. Understanding Suffering2. Invisibilization3. Towards Critical Research on Invisibility

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a timely perspective that puts working-class people at the forefront of achieving sustainability. Bell argues that environmentalism is a class issue, and confronts some current practice, policy and research that is preventing the attainment of sustainability and a healthy environment for all. She combines two of the biggest challenges facing humanity: that millions of people around the world still do not have their social and environmental needs met (including healthy food, clean water, affordable energy, clean air); and that the earth’s resources have been over-used or misused. Bell explores various solutions to these social and ecological crises and lays out an agenda for simultaneously achieving greater well-being, equality and sustainability. The result will be an invaluable resource for practitioners and policy-makers working to achieve environmental and social justice, as well as to students and scholars across social policy, sociology, human geography, and environmental studies.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Environmental Classism.- 2. Class and Classism.- 3. Carrying the Environmental Burdens.- 4. The Environmental Policy Makers.- 5. The Environmental Policy Influencers.- 6. Working-Class Environmentalism.- 7. Explaining Environmental Classism?.- 8. Supporting Working-Class Environmentalism.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a theoretical and substantive analysis of intra-Caribbean migration, perception of regionalism, and the construction of identities among Caribbean nationals. Through a multi-methods study in the 15 member countries of the Caribbean community, Oral Robinson explores how intra-Caribbean migrants experience living within different member countries, and how these experiences and perceptions influence ideas about citizenship, belonging, and identity. Responding directly to the lack of scholarship on how Caribbean nationals feel about integration and/or free movement within their own countries and other Caribbean countries, this volume attempts to understand Caribbean societies historically, theoretically, and methodologically; proposes bases of social identities in the Caribbean; and examines how intra-Caribbean migrants negotiate their identities and narrate their lived experiences as intra-Caribbean migrants. The book offers policy solutions based upon its findings, reconciling practice, theory, and migration policies in the Caribbean.Table of ContentsPart I: Understanding Caribbean Societies Historically, Theoretically and Methodologically Chapter 1: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM): Integration, Intra-Regional Migration and Identities Chapter 2: A Concise Migration History of the Caribbean Community Chapter 3: Theorizing Migration and Identities Chapter 4: Researching Migration within a Cross-Caribbean Context Part II: Bases of Social Identities in the Caribbean Chapter 5: Caribbean Identity -Myth or Facts Chapter 6: Making Sense of Caribbean Citizenship and Migration Chapter 7: Perceptions of Regionalism and Impacts on social identities Part III: Migration, Citizenship & Identities Chapter 8: Intra-Caribbean Movement and Social Identities Chapter 9: Realities of Living within Other CARICOM Countries Chapter 10: Conclusions: Reconciling Practice, Policy and Theory in Caribbean Migrations Appendixes Bibliography

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Book Synopsis‘Equality’ as an ideal has a long history, and while some progress has obviously been made, the persistence of certain inequalities is remarkable. In order to draw a detailed picture of equality’s nature, value, relevance, and scope, this book provides a multidisciplinary analysis. Using a classic three part framework, the book looks at the macro level (broader systemic, historical, conceptual, societal and European level), the meso level (concrete social institutions such as the labour market and the welfare state) and the micro level of the individuals and their relations and thoughts about equality (psychological reactions, cultural depictions and sociological analyses). The chapters not only provide an overview of the state of equality, but also identify promising areas of future research, and will be of interest to students and scholars across a number of fields including European studies, history, law, political philosophy, psychology, sociology and economics. Table of ContentsPart 1. Introduction.- 1. Introduction: Equality as a Multi-faceted Concept; François Levrau & Noel Clycq.- Part 2. Theories and Histories.- 2. Egalitarianism: A Tour d'Horizon; François Levrau.- 3. Equality, Rights and Community: A Long Term Perspective; Bert de Munck.- 4. Multiculturalism Today: Difference, Equality and Interculturalism; Tariq Modood and Tamar De Waal.- Part 3. Institutions and Policies.- 5. Religion and Equality in the Workplace: A Legal-philosophical Analysis; François Levrau & Leni Franken.- 6. Economic Equality and the Welfare State; Wim Van Lancker and Aaron Van den Heede.- 7. Gender, Anti-discrimination and Diversity: The EU's Role in Promoting Equality; Ruby Gropas.- Part 4. Experiences and Impressions.- 8. How do People React to (In)equality and (In)justice?: A Psychosocial Approach; Johanna Pretsch.- 9. What Welfare Principles do Europeans Prefer?: An Analysis of Their Attitudes Towards Old Age Pensions and Unemployment Benefits; Tim Reeskens and Wim Van Oorschot.- 10. A Transdisciplinary Cultural Studies' Approach to Inequality: What Can We Learn From Precarity and Why Does Art Matter?

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Book SynopsisThis brief focuses on the “doing” of procedural justice: what the police can do to implement the principles of procedural justice, and how their actions can improve citizen perceptions of police legitimacy. Drawing on research from Australia (Mazerolle et al), the UK (Stanko, Bradford, Jackson etc al), the US (Tyler, Reisig, Weisburd), Israel (Jonathon-Zamir et al), Trinidad & Tobago (Kochel et al) and Ghana (Tankebe), the authors examine the practical ways that the police can approach engagement with citizens across a range of different types of interventions to embrace the principles of procedural justice, including: · problem-oriented policing · patrol · restorative justice · reassurance policing · and community policing.Through these examples, the authors also examine some of the barriers for implementing procedurally just ways of interacting with citizens, and offer practical suggestions for reform. This work will be of interest for researchers in criminology and criminal justice focused on policing as well as policymakers.Table of Contents​Introduction.- Effective Approaches Using the Principles of Procedural Justice.- Use of Research Evidence.- Barriers to Implementation.- Mechanisms that Help Translation.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisTäglich muss jeder von uns verhandeln. Dabei macht es einen Unterschied, ob Männer oder Frauen dies tun. So neigen Frauen dazu, sich mit schlechteren Ergebnissen zufrieden zu geben als Männer. Nach der Forschung lässt sich das mit dem gesellschaftlichen Rollenbild erklären. Wenn Frauen in Konflikten „tough“ auftreten, fürchten sie, ihrem Rollenbild nicht zu entsprechen und negative Gegenreaktionen – zum Beispiel in Form von Sympathieverlust – hervorzurufen (so genannter Backlash-Effekt). Welchen Ausweg gibt es? Dieser Frage geht die genderspezifische Verhandlungsforschung nach. Die Forschungsergebnisse werden in dem vorliegenden essential so vorgestellt, dass sie von jeder Leserin in einer Verhandlungssituation genutzt werden können.Die Autorin Dr. Julia Sophia Habbe ist spezialisiert auf Konfliktlösung, Prozessführung sowie interne Untersuchungen. Sie ist Partnerin einer internationalen Wirtschaftskanzlei in Frankfurt am Main und Lehrbeauftragte der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität im Bereich genderspezifische Verhandlungsführung. Table of ContentsZur Omnipräsenz von Verhandlungen.- Das Dilemma von Frauen in Verhandlungen.- Weibliche Verhandlungsstrategien: praktische Handlungsempfehlungen.

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