Social groups, communities and identities Books

Book SynopsisSocial Exclusion and the Way Out focuses on the key issues which promote an understanding of the development of integrative models of care and resettlement. Consideration is given to the role of statutory and non-statutory agencies in facilitating the development of the individual to become included in the community.Table of ContentsAbout the Author. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. About This Book. PART I: INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONING AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. Chapter 1 Exclusion from Society. Chapter 2 Individual Functioning. Chapter 3 Life-Cycle Perspectives on Social Exclusion. PART II: HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN SOCIAL GROUPS. Chapter 4 Physical Health. Chapter 5 Stress and Socially Excluded Groups. Chapter 6 Mental Illness. Chapter 7 The Neurobiological Basis of Maladaptive Behaviours. Chapter 8 Alcohol and Drug Problems. Chapter 9 Nutrition in Vulnerable Groups. PART III: ADDRESSING SOCIAL EXCULSION: THE WAY OUT? Chapter 10 Needs Assessment of Social Excluded Populations. Chapter 11 Interventions: Changing Behaviour. Chapter 12 Interventions: Supporting Vulnerable People. Chapter 13 Health and Social Care in the Community. Chapter 14 Social Exclusion: Is There a Way Out? Conclusion. Appendix A International Statistics of The Salvation Army (SA) (with Permission from the Salvation Army Year Book, 2006). Appendix B Summary of Assessments for Socially Excluded Population. Index.

Read more less

Book Synopsis* Microaggressions are the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs or insults - whether intentional or unintentional - which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely on their maginalized group membership.Table of ContentsPreface vii About the Editor xiii Part I Microaggressions and Marginality 1 Microaggressions, Marginality, and Oppression: An Introduction 3Derald Wing Sue Part II Racial/Ethnic Manifestation of Microaggressions 2 Black Undergraduates’ Experiences with Perceived Racial Microaggressions in Predominately White Colleges and Universities 25Nicole L. Watkins, Theressa L. LaBarrie, and Lauren M. Appio 3 Microaggressions and the Life Experience of Latina/o Americans 59David P. Rivera, Erin E. Forquer, and Rebecca Rangel 4 Racial Microaggressions Directed at Asian Americans: Modern Forms of Prejudice and Discrimination 85Annie I. Lin 5 The Context of Racial Microaggressions Against Indigenous Peoples: Same Old Racism or Something New? 105Jill S. Hill, Suah Kim, and Chantea D. Williams 6 Multiracial Microaggressions: Exposing Monoracism in Everyday Life and Clinical Practice 123Marc P. Johnston and Kevin L. Nadal 7 Microaggressions and the Pipeline for Scholars of Color 145Fernando Guzman, Jesus Trevino, Fernand Lubuguin, and Bushra Aryan Part III Other Socially Devalued Group Microaggressions: International/Cultural, Sexual Orientation and Transgender, Disability, Class, and Religious 8 Microaggressions Experienced by International Students Attending U.S. Institutions of Higher Education 171Suah Kim and Rachel H. Kim 9 The Manifestation of Gender Microaggressions 193Christina M. Capodilupo, Kevin L. Nadal, Lindsay Corman, Sahran Hamit, Oliver B. Lyons, and Alexa Weinberg 10 Sexual Orientation and Transgender Microaggressions: Implications for Mental Health and Counseling 217Kevin L. Nadal, David P. Rivera, and Melissa J. H. Corpus 11 Microaggressive Experiences of People with Disabilities 241Richard M. Keller and Corinne E. Galgay 12 Class Dismissed: Making the Case for the Study of Classist Microaggressions 269Laura Smith and Rebecca M. Redington 13 Religious Microaggressions in the United States: Mental Health Implications for Religious Minority Groups 287Kevin L. Nadal, Marie-Anne Issa, Katie E. Griffin, Sahran Hamit, and Oliver B. Lyons Part IV Microaggression Research 14 Microaggression Research: Methodological Review and Recommendations 313Michael Y. Lau and Chantea D. Williams About the Contributors 337 Author Index 343 Subject Index 355

Read more less

Book SynopsisPlacemaking is the way in which all human beings transform theplaces they find themselves into the places where they live. In this groundbreaking new book, landscape architect Lynda H.Schneekloth and architect and planner Robert G. Shibley challengethe most fundamental assumptions about the ways human beingstransform the places in which they live. A call to action for amore inclusive, democratic approach to the design of human spaces,the authors use stories from their own practice to cast a new lighton the relationship between communities, design professionals, andthe shaping of their physical places. The stories they tellreveal techniques for generating a collaborative spirit that willhelp designers, planners, and community development professionalsunderstand the human values that lie at the heart of theirprofessions. To decide to be someplace as members of a community demands thatwe become active placemakers again, that we participate with othersin our communities iTable of ContentsThe Power of Stories: The First Baptist Church. Organizational Development Through Design: The InternationalBanking Institute. The Practice of Democracy: The Roanoke NeighborhoodPartnership. Redefining Excellence in the Urban Development: The Rudy BrunerAward Program. Epilogue: A Critical Practice. Appendix. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe paperback edition of the critically-acclaimed, pioneering book on successful urban recovery. Two urban experts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown change across the country to identify a flexible, effective approach to urban rejuvenation.Trade ReviewIn Cities Back from the Edge, Gratz and Mintz offer a love song for the city...their volume, attractively packaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtown revitalization. It turns out the most valuable contribution to urban understanding of the year isn't only a book, it's also a bumper sticker: Think globally, act locally."--The Wall Street Journal Cities Back From the Edge was featured again in The New York Times. Frank Rich writes, "In their new book persuasively arguing for less grandiose, more indigenous urban renewal, Roberta Brandes Gratz and Norman Mintz write that a 'collection of visitor attractions does not add up to a city' whether those attractions are cultural centers, convention centers, aquariums, stadiums or enclosed malls."--The New York Times "...provides a fascinating insight into the US Urban Design scenario..." (Urban Design, Autumn 2001)Table of ContentsWHERE ARE WE? Mansfield, Ohio--Getting Off the Big Project Merry-Go-Round. The Mess We Have Made. Project Planning or Urban Husbandry--The Choice. TRANSPORTATION AND PLACE. Death and Rebirth of the Public Realm. Rebuilding Place, Valuing Transit. Undoing Sprawl. BIG, LITTLE, AND PREDATOR. Free Competition or No Competition? You Don't Have to Be Wal-Mart to Be Wal-Mart. To Market, To Market. DOWNTOWN ESSENTIALS. Public Buildings, Public Policies. Back to Basics. Investing in People. IT'S HAPPENING. The SoHo Syndrome. Conclusion: Back from the Edge. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisCommunity Psychology Theory and Practice Jim Orford, University of Exeter, UK Community psychology is a comparatively new area within psychology. Its perspective is that people and their problems can only be understood by considering the social settings and systems of which they are part and with which they interact continuously over time.Trade ReviewFrom a published review '...Orford's book is written in a measured, cautious and scholarly style, does not exaggerate what community psychology has actually achieved so far, yet inspires with its vision of what community psychology could become. I used it as a core text for teaching a final year option on community psychology. The undergraduate group was wildly enthusiastic about the book. Indeed, the only complaint, raised equally energetically by the students, was that they had not been given access to such exciting material until the final year. The book is essential reading.' The Psychologist 1993Table of ContentsTHEORY. What Is Community Psychology?. Theories of Person-In-Context. Psychological Problems in the Community. Social Resources 1: Social Support. Social Resources 2: Power and Control. Research Methods. PRACTICE. Sharing Psychology with Workers in Human Services. Prevention. Understanding and Changing Organizations. Self-Help and Non-Professional Help. Empowering the Community. References. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisLooks at the the emergence of new forms of marginality as part of the new map of Europe. The contributors focus on regions, cities, and social groups which at first sight are missing out; the people and places on the edge of dominant economic, political and cultural systems which carry the stigma of marginality.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: New Aspects of Marginality in Europe (E. Mingione). GENDER, RACE, CULTURE. Women of the South After, Like Before, Maastricht? (D. Vaiou). New International Migrations and the "European Fortress" (E.Pugliese). Culture and Marginality in the New Europe (K. Robins & A.Aksoy). CAPITAL, LABOUR, STATE POLICIES. Remote Rural Areas: Villages on the Northern Margin (J.Oksa). New Forms of Transport and Communication, New Patterns ofDisadvantage (J. Gaspar). Growth at the Margins: Contract Labour in a Core Region (J. Allen& N. Henry). CONCLUDING COMMENTS AND OPEN QUESTIONS. Where Have Urban Movements Gone? (C. Pickvance). Thinking About the Edge: The Concept of Marginality (A. Bailly& E. Weiss-Altaner). Index.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn many South Asian oral traditions, women are viewed as fragmented identities, dangerously split between virtue and virtuosity. This ethnographical study of women in certain North Indian villages criticizes local ideologies of gender and kinship that place women in subordinate positions.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note on Transcription and Transliteration Note on Kinship Terms Preface: Listening to Women in Rural North India (AGG and GGR) 1. Introduction: Gender Representation and the Problem of Language and Resistance in India (GGR) 2. Sexuality, Fertility, and Erotic Imagination in Rajasthani Women's Songs (AGG) 3· On the Uses of Irony and Ambiguity: Shifting Perspectives on Patriliny and Women's Ties to Natal Kin (GGR) 4· On the Uses of Subversion: Redefining Conjugality (GGR) 5· Devotional Power or Dangerous Magic? The Jungli Rani's Case (AGG) 6. Purdah Is As Purdah's Kept: A Storyteller's Story (AGG) 7· Conclusion: Some Reflections on Narrative Potency and the Politics of Women's Expressive Traditions (GGR with AGG) Appendix: Rajasthani and Hindi Song Texts Glossary of Hindi and Rajasthani Words Bibliography Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn a comprehensive treatment of Salvadoran immigration, this text gives a detailed account of the inner workings of the networks by which immigrants leave their homes in Central America to start new lives in the Mission District of of San Francisco.Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Structure of Opportunities, Social Networks, and Social Position 2. Background to Migration 3· The Long Journey through Mexico 4· The Context of Reception in the United States 5· The Dynamics of Social Networks 6. Gendered Networks 7· Informal Exchanges and Intergenerational Relations 8. Immigrant Social Networks and the Receiving Context Appendix A. Crossing Boundaries: A Personal Note on Research Appendix B. Study Participants Notes References Index Map

Read more less

Book SynopsisChallenges to ethnographic authority and to the ethics of representation have led many contemporary anthropologists to abandon fieldwork in favor of strategies of theoretical puppeteering, textual analysis, and surrogate ethnography. This title argues that ethnographies based on these strategies elide important insights.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Fieldwork Encounter, Experience, and the Making of Truth: An Introduction John Borneman and Abdellah Hammoudi 2. Textualism and Anthropology: On the Ethnographic Encounter, or an Experience in the Hajj Abdellah Hammoudi 3. The Suicidal Wound and Fieldwork among Canadian Inuit Lisa Stevenson 4. The Hyperbolic Vegetarian: Notes on a Fragile Subject in Gujarat Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi 5. The Obligation to Receive: The Countertransference, the Ethnographer, Protestants, and Proselytization in North India Leo Coleman 6. Encounter and Suspicion in Tanzania Sally Falk Moore 7. Encounters with the Mother Tongue: Speech, Translation, and Interlocution in Post-Cold War German Repatriation Stefan Senders 8. Institutional Encounters: Identification and Anonymity in Russian Addiction Treatment (and Ethnography) Eugene Raikhel 9. Fieldwork Experience, Collaboration, and Interlocution: The "Metaphysics of Presence" in Encounters with the Syrian Mukhabarat John Borneman 10. Afterthoughts: The Experience and Agony of Fieldwork Abdellah Hammoudi and John Borneman Biographical Notes Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisFocuses on an everyday item - blue jeans - to learn what one simple article of clothing can tell us about our individual and social lives and challenging, by extension, the foundational anthropological presumption of the normative.Trade Review"Blue Jeans provides a useful introduction to sociological theories and methodologies; it would be an ideal text for students." -- Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell OrnamentTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Life 2. Relationships 3. Fashion 4. Comfortable 5. Ordinary 6. The Struggle for Ordinary 7. Anthropology: From Normative to Ordinary 8. Sociology: The Ordinary and the Routine Bibliography Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisProvides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more.Trade Review"Recommended." -- B. Weston ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Introduction Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 1. Coming Home Elinor Ochs and Belinda Campos 2. At Home Anthony P. Graesch 3. Dinner Elinor Ochs and Margaret Beck 4. Mountains of Things Jeanne E. Arnold 5. Housework Wendy Klein, Carolina Izquierdo, and Thomas N. Bradbury 000 6. Chores Wendy Klein and Marjorie Harness Goodwin 7. Homework and Recreation Tamar Kremer-Sadlik and Kris Gutierrez 8. Nurturing Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Charles Goodwin 9. Stress Rena Repetti, Darby Saxbe, and Shu-wen Wang 10. Health as a Family Matter Linda C. Garro 11. Time for Family Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 12. The Good Enough Family Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik Appendix: The CELF Study References List of Contributors Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisProvides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more.Trade Review"Recommended." -- B. Weston ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Introduction Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 1. Coming Home Elinor Ochs and Belinda Campos 2. At Home Anthony P. Graesch 3. Dinner Elinor Ochs and Margaret Beck 4. Mountains of Things Jeanne E. Arnold 5. Housework Wendy Klein, Carolina Izquierdo, and Thomas N. Bradbury 000 6. Chores Wendy Klein and Marjorie Harness Goodwin 7. Homework and Recreation Tamar Kremer-Sadlik and Kris Gutierrez 8. Nurturing Marjorie Harness Goodwin and Charles Goodwin 9. Stress Rena Repetti, Darby Saxbe, and Shu-wen Wang 10. Health as a Family Matter Linda C. Garro 11. Time for Family Tamar Kremer-Sadlik 12. The Good Enough Family Elinor Ochs and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik Appendix: The CELF Study References List of Contributors Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisWhether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges of accommodating difference, however difficult such accommodation may be.Trade Review"An inspiring book which advocates a challenging new approach of how to act and live together in ethnically diverse communities... Offers an attractive vision of how to increase tolerance." Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Story of Practice 2. A Pedagogy of Community 3. A Community of Pedagogy 4. Ethnographies of Difference 5. Living with Difference 6. On Boundaries, Difference, and Shared Worlds Conclusion Appendix A. Signposts for Organizers Appendix B. Guide for Evaluators Appendix C. Study Questions for Discussion Appendix D. Further Readings Notes Bibliography Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation.Trade Review"...a well written and researched textbook for the turn of the millenium....refreshing, readable, topical and relevant." Elsbeth Robson, Keele University "Culture and Development is an important text for introductory nd midlevel undergraduate classes and development practitioners looking for a comprehensive, critical and interdisciplinary alternative to "business as usual" Economic Geography "Overall, the book is an excellent introduction to anthropological and development studies literature on representations, power and culture. While this literature boomed in the 1990s, its theoretical language and disciplinary dispersal made it difficult for students and practitioners to keep up with the debates. Culture and Development provides just such a readable account for student and teacher alike." Progress in Human Geography "Culture and development takes a wide-ranging, yet in-depth approach to its subject which lends it both coherence and authority. As an innovative introduction to these themes, this book is to be highly recommended." The Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Preface: The Cross-overs of Culture and Development ix 1 Investing in the Asian snake pit ix 2 Culture and development xi 3 Points of contact xii 4 Outline of the book xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1 Thinking about Culture and Development 1 1 Overview and introduction 1 2 What do we mean by development? 2 3 What do we mean by culture? 16 4 Summary 29 2 Bringing Culture and Development Together 33 1 Introduction 33 2 Third World models of development 40 3 The crisis of development and the new neo-liberal hegemony 50 4 Summary 53 3 Globalization and the Politics of Representation 57 1 Introduction 57 2 Globalization, culture, and development 58 3 Postcolonial challenges 66 4 The deconstruction of development discourse 72 5 Problems of deconstruction 77 6 Hybrid modernities and post-development discourse 79 7 Summary 81 4 Feminism, Development, and Culture 85 1 Introduction 85 2 Women, development, and feminist development theory 87 3 Postcolonial feminisms and feminist development theory 102 4 "Chucking the baby out with the bath water": counter-arguments 109 5 Building bridges 110 6 Summary 113 5 Inventing Traditions, Constructing Nations 118 1 Introduction 118 2 Fixed traditions? 121 3 Inventing traditions 128 4 Contesting traditions 136 5 Globalization and the politics of identity 142 6 Summary 150 6 Human Rights, Cultural Difference, and Globalization 154 1 Introduction 154 2 The human rights discourse and the discourse of development 158 3 Human needs and human rights -- a trade-off? 162 4 Gender, cultural difference, and the universality of human rights 171 5 Human rights of ethnic minority groups 179 6 Summary 188 7 Culture, Development, and the Information Revolution 192 1 Introduction 192 2 Media and modernity 196 3 Cultural imperialism revisited 202 4 Communication technologies, knowledge, and development discourse 206 5 Communicating modernization 208 6 Knowledge and development 210 7 Wired for change 214 8 Summary 216 Index 220

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis volume synthesizes the author's exploration of the subject of poverty as presented at the 12th Yrjo Jahnsson Lecture at the University of Helsinki. This three lecture collection confronts the questions surrounding the persistence of poverty in rich countries.Table of ContentsPreface. List of Tables. List of Figures. Introduction: Poverty in Rich Countries. Part I: Political Arithmetic: Financial Poverty in the European Union:. 1. The Measurement of Poverty: A Cautionary Tale of Comparing France and the United Kingdom. 2. Absolute and Relative Standards. 3. Expenditure versus Income, Households versus Families, and Choice of Equivalent Scale. 4. Differing Judgements and Dominance Criteria. 5. National Studies of Poverty. Part II: Economics of Poverty and Exclusion:. 6. Unemployment and Exclusion in the Labour Market. 7. Pricing and Exclusion from the Goods Market. 8. Exclusion, Rising Living Standards and the Availability of Products. 9. Household Production, Time and the Take-Up Problem. Part III: Political Economy of Poverty:. 10. The Political Economy of an Official Poverty Line. 11. Macro-Economic Policy and Poverty. 12. Targeting and Efficiency in Alleviating Poverty. 13. The Limits of Targeting via Means Tests. 14. Towards a European Minimum. Envoi: Poverty, Policy and Mainstream Economics. Appendix on Statistical Sources.

Read more less

Book SynopsisOffers a political narrative of the rise and fall of the Tudor monarchy. This book begins with the factional quarrels which was the political life of England under Henry VI in the 1450s and then examines the rebuilding of the strength of royal government under Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII.Trade Review"A subtle and persuasive narrative, lucidly and judiciously presented. The work is a continuously interesting narrative of two centuries in transition." The Times (review of the previous edition)Table of ContentsPreface to the Fifth Edition. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Introduction. Part I: The Eclipse of the Medieval Monarchy, 1450-1521:. 1. The Lack of Governance. 2. The Collapse of Obedience. 3. The Restoration of Authority. 4. The Foundation of the Tudor Monarchy. Part II: The Establishment and Testing of the Tudor Monarchy, 1521-1570:. 5. The Administration of Cardinal Wolsey. 6. Thomas Cromwell and the Crisis of Authority. 7. Henry VIII and his Legacy. 8. Religious Reaction and the Spanish Marriage. 9. A New Queen and a New Identity. Part III: The Decline of the Tudor Monarchy, 1571-1629:. 10. The Years of Stability. 11. The Stresses of War. 12. The New King and the Old Problems. 13. The Ascendancy of the Duke of Buckingham. Part IV: The Collapse of Traditional Government, 1630-1660:. 14. The Failure of Communication. 15. Constitutional Stalemate and Civil War. 16. The Fall of the Monarchy, and Military Dictatorship. Historiographical Appendix. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisOffers a political narrative of the rise and fall of the Tudor monarchy. This book begins with the factional quarrels which was the political life of England under Henry VI in the 1450s and then examines the rebuilding of the strength of royal government under Edward IV, Henry VII and Henry VIII.Trade Review"A subtle and persuasive narrative, lucidly and judiciously presented. The work is a continuously interesting narrative of two centuries in transition." The Times (review of the previous edition)Table of ContentsPreface to the Fifth Edition. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Introduction. Part I: The Eclipse of the Medieval Monarchy, 1450-1521:. 1. The Lack of Governance. 2. The Collapse of Obedience. 3. The Restoration of Authority. 4. The Foundation of the Tudor Monarchy. Part II: The Establishment and Testing of the Tudor Monarchy, 1521-1570:. 5. The Administration of Cardinal Wolsey. 6. Thomas Cromwell and the Crisis of Authority. 7. Henry VIII and his Legacy. 8. Religious Reaction and the Spanish Marriage. 9. A New Queen and a New Identity. Part III: The Decline of the Tudor Monarchy, 1571-1629:. 10. The Years of Stability. 11. The Stresses of War. 12. The New King and the Old Problems. 13. The Ascendancy of the Duke of Buckingham. Part IV: The Collapse of Traditional Government, 1630-1660:. 14. The Failure of Communication. 15. Constitutional Stalemate and Civil War. 16. The Fall of the Monarchy, and Military Dictatorship. Historiographical Appendix. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis anthology provides the definitive theoretical sources of contemporary thinking about identity, including explorations of race, class, gender, and nationality. * Explores the long and rich tradition of philosophical analysis and debate over the genesis, contours, and political effects of identity categories.Trade Review"This smart collection of important essays reminds us how profoundly identity questions infuse the politics of the everyday. An eminently useful reader!" John Kuo Wei Tchen, New York University, author of New York Before Chinatown: The Shaping of American Orientalism, 1776–1882 "A landmark reader in the borderlands of our ‘post’ and ‘trans’ existences. Identities demonstrates the historical centrality of identity to Western philosophy and explores the philosophical dimensions of our contemporary struggle with identity, politics, and culture. Alcoff and Mendieta's selections provide a profound critique as well as a generative overview for anyone interested in difference, power, and construction of the individual and social self." Johnnella Butler, University of Washington, editor of Color-Line to Borderlands: The Matrix of American Ethnic StudiesTable of ContentsNotes on Authors. Introduction: Identities: Modern and Postmodern Linda Martín Alcoff. Part I: Foundations. 1. Independence and Dependence of Self-Consciousness: G.W.F. Hegel. 2. On the Jewish Question: Karl Marx. 3. Consciousness and What is Unconscious: Sigmund Freud. 4. The Self: George Herbert Mead. Part II: Race/Ethnicity/Ethnorace. 5. The Conservation of Races: W.E.B. Du Bois. 6. The New Negro: Alain Locke. 7. Identity and Dignity in the Context of the National Liberation Struggle: Amilcar Cabral. 8. The Fact of Blackness: Frantz Fanon. 9. Whiteness as Property: Cheryl I. Harris. 10. New Ethnicities: Stuart Hall. 11. The Latino Imaginary: Meanings of Community and Identity: Juan Flores. Part III: Class and Identity. 12. Class Consciousness: Georg Lukács. 13. Class Consciousness in History: E. J. Hobsbawm. 14. Preface from The Making of the English Working Class: E.P. Thompson. 15. Introduction from Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India: Ranajit Guha. Part IV: Gender/Sexuality. 16. Introduction from The Second Sex: Simone de Beauvoir. 17. One Is Not Born a Woman: Monique Wittig. 18. Throwing Like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment, Motility, and Spatiality: Iris Marion Young. 19. Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color: Kimberlé Crenshaw. 20. Gender Trouble, Feminist Theory and Psychoanalytic Discourse: Judith Butler. 21. Revolutions, Universals and Sexual Categories: John Boswell. 22. Sex Before Sexuality: Pederasty, Politics, and Power in Classical Athens: David M. Halperin. 23. Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation: Teresa de Lauretis. 24. Transsexual Discourses and Languages of Identification: Jason Cromwell. Part V: National/Transnational Identities. 25. National Identity and Citizenship: Ross Poole. 26. On the Making of Transnational Identities in the Age of Globalization: The US Latina/o – ‘Latin” American Case: Daniel Mato. 27. Globalization as a Problem: Roland Robertson. 28. Postcoloniality and the Boundaries of Identity: R. Rhadakrishnan. Part VI: Reconfigurations. 29. The Clash of Definitions: Edward W. Said. 30. Cultural Citizenship, Inequality, and Multiculturalism: Renato Rosaldo. 31. Localism, Globalism and Cultural Identity: Mike Featherstone. 32. Universalism, Particularism, and the Question of Identity: Ernesto Laclau. 33. A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s: Donna Haraway. 34. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: Satya P. Mohanty. Afterword: Identities: Postcolonial and Global: Eduardo Mendieta. Subject Index. Name Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisInvestigating the late 16th through the 19th century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Choson state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and popular religions. It counters the static view of the Korean Confucian state and elucidates its relationship to the wider Confucian community and religious groups.

Read more less

Book SynopsisHaney López tells the compelling story of the Chicano movement in Los Angeles by following two criminal trials, including one arising from the student walkouts of 1968. He demonstrates how racial prejudice led to police brutality and judicial discrimination that in turn spurred Chicano militancy.Trade ReviewRacism on Trial is a fascinating and thought-provoking study that adds much to our understanding of the Chicano movement and points to the centrality of race in America. By arguing that racism is common sense, Haney López provides a useful model that can be applied to American history as a whole and in so doing redirect our notions of the construction of race and racism in the United States… [A] fine book that will have a profound influence on the study of legal, ethnic, and American history for years to come. -- Ernesto Chavez * American Journal of Legal History *At the heart of this book is a compelling examination of the ways in which their treatment by the police and the courts persuaded Chicanos to abandon the claim to be white and to fashion their own racial identity. -- M. J. Heale * History *Haney López’s evidentiary presentation is the highlight of the book. Unlike many social scientists, he realizes he has the burden of proof… Ian F. Haney López’s work contributes significantly to the understanding of the period. -- Rodolfo F. Acuña * Journal of American History *Haney López transcends the history and politics of the Chicano movement and exposes the underlying ‘common sense racism’ on which he blames the extraordinary rate of exclusion of Latinos from grand jury service in L.A.… Racism on Trial bridges the issues of race relations, protest movements, and the law with conviction and clarity. -- José Luis Sánchez * Multicultural Review *No one has better explained how court practices, educational inequities, and police behavior ignited a ‘brown power’ movement that took its grievances to the courts as well as to the streets. A must-read for those interested in the racial place of Hispanics in a black and white nation. -- Neil Foley, University of TexasAn astonishingly lucid and significant contribution to current discussions of race, Racism on Trial underscores our common reliance on everyday racial ideas that remain unquestioned. This fine book could well blast through the racial impasse which our country faces and lead, in the end, to real transformation and equality. -- Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., Executive Director, Homeboy Industries, Los AngelesLocating his argument in distinctly American ideas about racial identity, [Haney López] looks closely at pivotal events in the development of Chicano racial consciousness and illuminates the subversive role that common sense plays in racism and racial prejudice. This book is essential reading for people looking for a way out of the black–white conception of race that has dominated social discourse, without resorting to colorblindness. -- Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, authors of The Miner’s CanaryRacism on Trial is an absolutely dazzling piece of legal scholarship that chronicles the rise of the Chicano movement in Los Angeles and explains the Mexicans’ transformation into a brown race from one that had long asserted its whiteness. Haney López deftly seeks the movement’s roots in poverty, urban violence, segregation, and educational neglect, elaborating a robust theory of a common sense racism that greatly illuminates our understanding of discrimination. -- Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of California, San DiegoHaney López invites us to confront our hauntingly evocative past and the pernicious nature of common sense racism in our legal institutions. He underscores just how much racial prejudice still greets Mexicans and Chicanos across the United States, and how it must be met by renewed efforts to gain fully equal citizenship. -- Gerald P. López, New York University Law SchoolIn Racism on Trial, Ian Haney López dissects two prominent legal cases handled by controversial lawyer-activist Oscar Zeta Acosta in the late 1960s—the trials of the East LA Thirteen and the Biltmore Six—in order to reconstruct and interpret the Chicano Movement period in Los Angeles. The result is a provocative and engaging mix of legal analysis, civil rights history, and the sociology of legal violence and racial identities. This is essential reading for those interested in Anglo–Mexican relations in California and the Southwest. -- David Montejano, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsPrologue Part One: Litigating Mexican Identity 1. The Chicano Movement Cases 2. Proving Mexicans Exist 3. The Mexican Race in East L.A. Part Two: Common Sense and Legal Violence 4. Judges and Intentional Racism 5. Race and Racism as Common Sense 6. Law Enforcement and Legal Violence Part Three: The Chicano Race 7. The Chicano Movement and the East L.A. Thirteen 8. From Young Citizens to Brown Berets 9. Inventing Chicanos Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisA solution to inequalitiesin health care, retirement, education, recreation, communicationis as close as the public library, post office, community pool, or elementary school. The Public Option shows that opportunities to develop reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private options are all around us.Trade ReviewWe are so accustomed to arguments that government only infringes upon freedom that we forget how government, when intelligently deployed, can expand our choices—and yes, make us more free. In this important book Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott make a brilliant, clear, and accessible case for how public options in areas such as banking, health care, and child care can improve lives, especially for those whom the marketplace marginalizes. We already celebrate many public options, such as our great public universities and libraries. Sitaraman and Alstott urge us to think inventively about other areas where public options could make our nation both better and fairer. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr., coauthor of One Nation After Trump and author of Our Divided Political HeartTimely, important, and convincing, this book is pretty much the definition of ‘fresh thinking.’ Key reading for a political generation that is on the search for new ideas for old problems. -- Tim Wu, author of The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded AgeAt a time of widespread debates about the role of public provision, Sitaraman and Alstott make a vibrant case for developing and preserving public options in education, health care, child care, broadband access, banking, and retirement benefits. To get beyond slogans and move toward real and practical proposals to improve the daily lives of Americans, and strengthen our commitments to others, read this book. -- Martha Minow, author of Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public GoodIn this timely and stirring call for reform, two of our nation’s smartest policy thinkers recapture our past to chart our future. Sitaraman and Alstott remind us that Americans have long supported policies that offer a choice between government and the private sector, and they show us how this model—the public option—could provide innovative solutions to perennial challenges facing child care, retirement savings, higher education, and much more. -- Jacob S. Hacker, author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American DreamFilled with ingenious ideas for strengthening the public sector and also bolstering our democracy…Demonstrate[s] that true public institutions, such as public schools and public child care, are more efficient as well as more equitable than private ones trying to carry out public purposes. -- Robert Kuttner * American Prospect *I hope every 2020 presidential candidate—yes, I’m being optimistic about President Trump—reads the policy book of the summer… The two law professors are not interested in government taking over everything. On the contrary, what they seek is to expand choice. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr. * Washington Post *Their proposal is not that the public sector should displace the private sector, but rather that offering a publicly-run alternative would expand everyone’s choices and ensure that no one is left too far behind. -- Simon Johnson * Project Syndicate *An enthusiastic, accessible, and convincing case that more ‘public option’ government services would significantly improve the quality of life for average Americans. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Makes a compelling case for affordable government-funded services that coexist with private options. * ProMarket *

Read more less

Book SynopsisA reassessment of New Deal policymaking, arguing that the major constraints on and catalysts for FDR's policies were rooted in class conflict. The author analyzes the balance of class forces during the Great Depression and the ways in which they influenced federal policies.

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this work, Habermas retraces the emergence and development of the bourgeois public sphere, focusing on Europe in the early modern period. He examines the writing of political theorists and the specific institutions and social forms in which the public sphere was realized.Trade Review'Why is this such a vital study? Its significance rests in its analysis of one of the central notions on which both our political life and our political theories rest: 'public opinion'. Presidential candidates worry about it, the press talks about it, political scientists try to measure it, but Habermas is one of the few people to have actually sat down and tried to think about it, to ask what it means to have an 'opinion' that is not private, not idiosyncratic, but rather 'public'.' James Schmidt, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction by Thomas McCarthy. Part I. Preliminary Demarcation of a Type of Bourgeois Public Sphere. Part II. Social Structures of the Public Sphere. Part III. Political Functions of the Public Sphere. Part IV. The Bourgeois Public Sphere: Idea and Ideology. Part V. The Social-Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Part VI. The Transformation of the Public Sphere's Political Function. Notes. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another; what do they need to survive and how do these needs make them dependent upon others? Subsequent chapters deal with the ties that bind people, the expectations they entertain of one another, their means of distinguishing themselves from others, the ways they have of moulding and teaching the young, and what they believe, know and invent. De Swaan also explores the ways in which people organize their activities, from foraging bands of only a few dozen members to contemporary societies that can effectively co-ordinate a billion people or more. Human Societies traces this huge increase in the scale of social life which occurred as new forms of human co-ordination emerged: from reciprocal obligation and cTrade Review"As an introductory text, Human Societies stands out as an exemplary work of scholarship. Professor de Swaan's approach is grounded in the best tradition of historical and institutional sociology. His style is lucid and jargon-free. His analysis is cogent and engaging throughout. His coverage extends from the micro-concerns of human relationships to the macro-issues of social change and globalization." —Robert Pinker, London School of EconomicsTable of Contents1. What People Need From Each Other. 2. How People Are Connected To One Another. 3. What People Expect Of One Another. 4. How People Distinguish Themselves From One Another: Stratification. 5. How People Form One Another: Socialization and Civilization. 6. What People Believe, Know And Think: Orientation. 7. How People Attune Their Efforts To One Another: Competition and Coordination. 8. How People Perform Tasks Together: Collective Action. 9. How People Produce For Others and Exchange Goods: Division Of Labour, Market Formation and Payment. 10. How People Cooperate On The Basis Of Rules and Instructions: Organization. 11. How People Form States and States Form People: State Formation And State Intervention. 12. Globalization: Towards A Worldwide Society?. Further Reading. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader's understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad's book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration and identity in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, politics and geography. an outstanding and original work on the experience of immigration and the kind of suffering involved in living in a society and culture which is not one's own; describes how immigrants are compelled, out of respect for themselves and the group that allowed them to leave their country of origin, to play down the suffering of emigration; Abdelmalek Sayad, was an Algerian scholar and close associate of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu - after Sayad's death, Bourdieu undertook to assemble these writings for publication; this book will transform the reader's understandingTrade ReviewA brilliant excavation of the condition we usually describe as immigration. Sayad brings to light aspects of that condition typically camouflaged or neutralized by the language itself of most academic research on immigration. He juxtaposes to this language the apparent opacity of the language of immigrants’ lived experience and helps us see its transparence and what it communicates.’ – Saskia Sassen, author of Guests and AliensTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. A Note on Terminology. Preface. Sources. Introduction. 1 The Original Sin And The Collective Lie. 2 The Three Ages Of Emigration. 3 An Exemplary Immigration. 4 Nationalism And Emigration. 5 The Backlash On The Society Of Origin. 6 A Relationship Of Domination. 7 The Wrongs Of The Absentee. 8 The Immigrant: ‘Os For Life’. 9 Illness, Suffering And The Body. 10 The Weight Of Words. 11 ‘Naturalisation’. Appendix: Three Interviews About Identity. 12 Immigration And ‘State Thought’. 13 Recapitulation. Notes. References. Bibliography: The Writings Of Abdelmalek Sayad

Read more less

Book Synopsis* Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors. Acknowledgements. Editor's Introduction. 1. Inequality of Incomes and Opportunities. (Gøsta Esping-Anderson). 2. Does Inequality Matter (Ed Miliband). 3. Inequality in the New Knowledge Economy (Robert Atkinson). 4. Opportunity and Life Chances: the Dynamics of Poverty (Robert Walker). 5. Where are the poor? The changing Patterns of Inequality and the. Impact of Attempts to Reduce It. (Anne Power). 6.The New Egalitarianism: Economic Inequality in the UK (Patrick Diamond and Anthony Giddens). 7.Inequality and Recognition; Pan-European social conflicts and their political dynamic (Ulrich Beck). 8. New Global Classes: Implications for Politics (Saskia Sasson). 9. Britain's Glue: the Case for Liberal Nationalism (David Goodhart). 10. Why gender equality? (Magdalena Andersson). 11. Social Corrosion, Inequality and Health (Robert Wilkinson). 12. Inequality, Choice and Public Services (Julian Le Grand). Notes. Index.

Read more less

Book Synopsis* Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors. Acknowledgements. Editor's Introduction. 1. Inequality of Incomes and Opportunities. (Gøsta Esping-Anderson). 2. Does Inequality Matter (Ed Miliband). 3. Inequality in the New Knowledge Economy (Robert Atkinson). 4. Opportunity and Life Chances: the Dynamics of Poverty (Robert Walker). 5. Where are the poor? The changing Patterns of Inequality and the. Impact of Attempts to Reduce It. (Anne Power). 6.The New Egalitarianism: Economic Inequality in the UK (Patrick Diamond and Anthony Giddens). 7.Inequality and Recognition; Pan-European social conflicts and their political dynamic (Ulrich Beck). 8. New Global Classes: Implications for Politics (Saskia Sasson). 9. Britain's Glue: the Case for Liberal Nationalism (David Goodhart). 10. Why gender equality? (Magdalena Andersson). 11. Social Corrosion, Inequality and Health (Robert Wilkinson). 12. Inequality, Choice and Public Services (Julian Le Grand). Notes. Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressing issues of our times. The new edition of this popular text explores current patterns of inequality in the context of increasing globalization, world recession and neoliberal policies of austerity.Trade Review"Bradley successfully combines political critique and trenchant scholarship in this up-to-the minute revision of her now classic text. Her focus is firmly on increasing inequality and polarization, in all their dimensions, in the context of globalization and the entrenchment of austerity and individualism. Her arguments are accessible, engaging and convincing. The book makes an important contribution to the resurgence of class analysis, and will be widely read." Miriam Glucksmann, University of Essex"Harriet Bradley’s new edition of Fractured Identities synthesises the changes consequent upon globalisation, the War on Terror, and changing demographics since the first edition with her clear and coherent account of the classic sociological work. Any student using the book will be extremely fortunate: it is innovative, current, and classic."Sara Delamont, Cardiff UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Second edition1 Introductory: Inequality and Identity 2 Inequality, Fragmentation and Identity3 Capitalism, Modernity and Global Change4 The Death and Rebirth of Class5 Gender: Rethinking Patriarchy6 �Race� and Ethnicity: �Travelling in the West�7 Age: Generations and Gaps8 Emergent Identities and Inequalities: Disability, Sexual Orientation and Religious Affiliation9 Conclusion: Fractured Identities: Processes of Fragmentation and Polarization in Globalizing Capitalist SocietiesBibliography and SourcesIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisIt is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life. The power of belonging stems from the potential to generate an emotional attachment capable of fostering a shared identity, loyalty and solidarity among members of a given community. It is this strong emotional dimension that enables belonging to act as a trigger for political mobilization and, in extreme cases, to underpin collective violence. Among the topics examined in this book are identity as a political instrument; emotions and political mobilization; the return of authoritarianism and the rise of the new radical right; symbols and the rituals of belonging; loyalty, the nation and nationalism. It includes case studies from Britain, Spain, Catalonia,Trade Review"A well-written and wide-ranging overview of many important ideas about belonging."Journal of Social Policy "A thought-provoking book on fundamentally important issues."Sociology "A rich, sound and consistent book within the classical political science tradition."Journal of Catalan Intellectual History "In Belonging Professor Guibernau skilfully deconstructs the many differing elements that determine the individual's identity. In a world where conflicting trends, tendencies and tensions compete to define us, it is a timely analysis of the increasing complexities influencing much of the contemporary human predicament. It will become a standard work on the subject."Lord Smith of Clifton "Montserrat Guibernau reformulates the concept of belonging through an in-depth exploration of mechanisms of solidarity and psychological connections between citizens and communities. The author takes us beyond debates on national identity and nationalism by deepening our understanding of loyalty, freedom and trust - three dimensions that have been neglected for too long by social scientists and political authorities - in divided polities. This book is theorerically rich and highly accessible."Alain Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal "How to define and interpret the relationship between the individual and community? Guibernau demonstrates possibilities of new understanding of this almost secular problem by introducing the newly defined term belonging in mutual tension with identification and nationalism. Theoretical reflections are connected with pressing political problems of our times. This approach is rich on inspiration and intellectual challenge for all social sciences."Miroslav Hroch, Charles University, PragueTable of ContentsAcknowledgements viii Introduction 1 Outline of the book 2 1 Identity as a Political Instrument 7 Conflicting identities 7 The role of boundaries 10 Traditional versus modern societies 15 The construction and meaning of identity 16 The consequences of globalization 19 Summary 24 2 Belonging by Choice 26 Belonging and emotion 26 The conditions of belonging 32 Collective identity and the power of symbols 35 Belonging to the nation 43 Collective identity and political mobilization 44 Summary 48 3 Freedom and Constraint 50 Immanuel Kant 51 Michel Foucault 55 Erich Fromm 58 The freedom to belong 61 Alienation, fear of irrelevance and group membership 64 Escaping into new dependencies: addiction 65 Summary 69 4 The New Radical Right and the Resurgence of Authoritarian Politics 71 The rise of authoritarianism 71 The new radical right versus traditional fascism 75 Who votes for the new radical right? 79 ‘White resistance’ as a transnational movement 80 The rise of ethno-politics 83 On racism 84 The nation: conflicting views 86 From biological to cultural exclusion 88 Summary 90 5 The Rituals of Belonging 92 The power of symbols 92 The meaning of symbols 97 Ritual and power 98 Ritual and emotions 103 Rituals of ‘inclusion’ and ‘exclusion’ 105 Rites of belonging in modern society 108 Rites of passage 110 ‘Exclusive’ and ‘inclusive’ groups and associations 112 Summary 116 6 Loyalty, Citizenship and the Nation 118 On loyalty 118 Three types of loyalty 120 Loyalty, the nation and nationalism 123 National loyalty in peacetime and wartime 128 Loyalty programmes in the USA 130 Scapegoating and dissent 134 Freedom versus conformity 135 ‘Authoritarian’ versus ‘democratic’ loyalty 137 The great challenge: turning immigrants into Americans 140 Summary 142 7 Emotion and Political Mobilization 144 Emotion and social action 144 Emotion and the rational imperatives of market capitalism 147 ‘Taming’ emotion and the construction of ‘healing spaces’ 153 Emotion and political mobilization 154 Summary 170 Conclusion 172 Notes 181 Bibliography 200 Index 211

Read more less

Book SynopsisIt is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat Guibernau argues that the need to belong to a group or community - from peer groups and local communities to ethnic groups and nations - is a pervasive and enduring feature of modern social life.Trade Review"A well-written and wide-ranging overview of many important ideas about belonging."Journal of Social Policy "A thought-provoking book on fundamentally important issues."Sociology "A rich, sound and consistent book within the classical political science tradition."Journal of Catalan Intellectual History "In Belonging Professor Guibernau skilfully deconstructs the many differing elements that determine the individual's identity. In a world where conflicting trends, tendencies and tensions compete to define us, it is a timely analysis of the increasing complexities influencing much of the contemporary human predicament. It will become a standard work on the subject."Lord Smith of Clifton "Montserrat Guibernau reformulates the concept of belonging through an in-depth exploration of mechanisms of solidarity and psychological connections between citizens and communities. The author takes us beyond debates on national identity and nationalism by deepening our understanding of loyalty, freedom and trust - three dimensions that have been neglected for too long by social scientists and political authorities - in divided polities. This book is theorerically rich and highly accessible."Alain Gagnon, Université du Québec à Montréal "How to define and interpret the relationship between the individual and community? Guibernau demonstrates possibilities of new understanding of this almost secular problem by introducing the newly defined term belonging in mutual tension with identification and nationalism. Theoretical reflections are connected with pressing political problems of our times. This approach is rich on inspiration and intellectual challenge for all social sciences."Miroslav Hroch, Charles University, PragueTable of ContentsAcknowledgements viii Introduction 1 Outline of the book 2 1 Identity as a Political Instrument 7 Conflicting identities 7 The role of boundaries 10 Traditional versus modern societies 15 The construction and meaning of identity 16 The consequences of globalization 19 Summary 24 2 Belonging by Choice 26 Belonging and emotion 26 The conditions of belonging 32 Collective identity and the power of symbols 35 Belonging to the nation 43 Collective identity and political mobilization 44 Summary 48 3 Freedom and Constraint 50 Immanuel Kant 51 Michel Foucault 55 Erich Fromm 58 The freedom to belong 61 Alienation, fear of irrelevance and group membership 64 Escaping into new dependencies: addiction 65 Summary 69 4 The New Radical Right and the Resurgence of Authoritarian Politics 71 The rise of authoritarianism 71 The new radical right versus traditional fascism 75 Who votes for the new radical right? 79 ‘White resistance’ as a transnational movement 80 The rise of ethno-politics 83 On racism 84 The nation: conflicting views 86 From biological to cultural exclusion 88 Summary 90 5 The Rituals of Belonging 92 The power of symbols 92 The meaning of symbols 97 Ritual and power 98 Ritual and emotions 103 Rituals of ‘inclusion’ and ‘exclusion’ 105 Rites of belonging in modern society 108 Rites of passage 110 ‘Exclusive’ and ‘inclusive’ groups and associations 112 Summary 116 6 Loyalty, Citizenship and the Nation 118 On loyalty 118 Three types of loyalty 120 Loyalty, the nation and nationalism 123 National loyalty in peacetime and wartime 128 Loyalty programmes in the USA 130 Scapegoating and dissent 134 Freedom versus conformity 135 ‘Authoritarian’ versus ‘democratic’ loyalty 137 The great challenge: turning immigrants into Americans 140 Summary 142 7 Emotion and Political Mobilization 144 Emotion and social action 144 Emotion and the rational imperatives of market capitalism 147 ‘Taming’ emotion and the construction of ‘healing spaces’ 153 Emotion and political mobilization 154 Summary 170 Conclusion 172 Notes 181 Bibliography 200 Index 211

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the 1970s, Hydro-Québec declared in a publicity campaign We Are Hydro-Québécois. The slogan symbolized the extent to which hydroelectric development in the North had come to both reflect and fuel French Canada's aspirations. The slogan helped Quebecers relate to the province's northern territory and to accept the exploitation of its resources.In Power from the North, Caroline Desbiens explores how this culture of hydroelectricity helped shape the landscape during the first phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project. Policy makers and citizens did not, she argues, view those who built the dams as mere workers they saw them as pioneers in a previously uninhabited land now inscribed with the codes of culture and spectacle. This insightful work shows that if Quebec hopes to engage in truly sustainable resource development, all actors must bring an awareness of their cultural histories and visions of nature, North, and nation to the negotiating table. Trade ReviewCaroline Desbiens explores the nexus of hydroelectricity, Québécois identity, and the cultural narratives that are used by southern Québécois to justify resource development in the northern regions of the province. The result is a wonderfully personal and critical reflection on the culture of hydroelectricity in Québec and “the importance of reading economic development through a cultural lens.” [It] is an excellent new contribution to the Nature|History|Society series from UBC Press. It connects beautifully with the other books in the series and will compliment work on the ways in which people conceptualize and transform the north through material, and particularly discursive, formations. -- Morgan Moffitt, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta * Journal of Polar Record *Table of ContentsForeword: Ideas of North / Graeme WynnIntroduction: Looking NorthPart 1: Power and the North1 The Nexus of Hydroelectricity in Quebec2 Discovering a New World: James Bay as Eeyou IstcheePart 2: Writing the Land3 Who Shall Convert the Wilderness into a Flourishing Country?4 From the Roman de la Terre to the Roman des RessourcesPart 3: Rewriting the Land5 Pioneers6 Workers7 SpectatorsConclusion: Ongoing Stories and Powers from the NorthNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Read more less

Book SynopsisFeaturing contributors including a group of experts in the field such as Parker Palmer and E Grady Bogue, this book is a follow-up to Ernest Boyer's landmark report, "Campus Life: In Search of Community" produced by the Carnegie Foundation in 1990.Trade Review"The richness of the discussion, and the emphasis on reflecting about the meaning of community makes this an especially useful tool." (Journal of College Student Development, April 2003)Table of ContentsForeword (Parker J. Palmer). Preface. The Boyer Center. The Contributors. 1. An Agenda of Common Caring: The Call for Community in Higher Education (E. Grady Bogue). 2. Creating Community in a Complex Research University Environment (Betty L. Moore and Arthur W. Carter). 3. Beyond Rhetoric: Composing a Common Community Experience (Cynthia A. Wells). 4. Modeling Community Through Campus Leadership (Larry D. Roper and Susan D. Longerbeam). 5. A Lab Without Walls: A Team Approach to Creating Community (Cathy Eidson Brown, J. Mark Brown, and Robert A. Littleton). 6. Promoting Community Through Citizenship and Service (Jean L. Bacon). 7. Absent Voices: Assessing Students' Perceptions of Campus Community (William M. McDonald). 8. Conclusion: Final Reflections and Suggestions for Creating Campus Community (William M. McDonald and Associates). Afterword: The Quest for Community in Higher Education (Parker J. Palmer). Index.

Read more less

Book SynopsisAn innovative, substantial intervention in critical race theory, this book brings together an impressive roster of thinkers to trace the question of race in modern philosophical inquiry and explore its influence on contemporary philosophy.

Read more less

Book SynopsisMore than half a million Canadians served in the First World War. Their return to civilian life presented an enormous challenge to government and social institutions. The degree to which that challenge was met and the far-reaching implications of the veterans’ politicization form the core of this study by two eminent Canadian historians. Desmond Morton and Glenn Wright point out that Canada was a leader among its allies in devising plans for the retraining of disabled soldiers. Canada’s pension rates were the most generous in the world. From soldier settlement to returned soldiers’ insurance, Ottawa had prepared for returning Canadian armies with a care and foresight that was virtually unique among belligerents. In those carefully laid plans, and in the veterans’ organization and struggle to create their own version of civil re-establishment, were the roots of the modern welfare state.   But in the end, the momentum of the veterans’

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the recent campaign led by the National Congress of Italian Canadians to gain redress for compatriots interned during the Second World War, leaders claimed that the Canadian state had waged a 'war against ethnicity.' Their version of history, argue the editors, drew on selective evidence and glossed over the fascist past of some Italian Canadians.The editors have assembled scholars who, while having diverse views, seek to stimulate informed debate. Enemies Within is the first study of its kind to examine not only the formulation and uneven implementation of internment policy, but the social and gender history of internment. It brings together national and international perspectives. The book offers differing interpretations of Italian internment in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. It invites comparisons between Italian Canadians and Canada's other internees, including Communists, German Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians and Jewish refugee

Read more less

Book SynopsisHelleiner's study documents anti-Traveller racism in Ireland and explores the ongoing realities of Traveller life as well as the production and reproduction of contemporary Traveller collective identity and culture.

Read more less

Book SynopsisA 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIntersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the integrative examination of the effects of racial, gendered, and class power on people’s lives. While “intersectionality” circulates as a buzzword, Anna Carastathis joins other critical voices to urge a more careful reading. Challenging the narratives of arrival that surround it, Carastathis argues that intersectionality is a horizon, illuminating ways of thinking that have yet to be realized; consequently, calls to “go beyond” intersectionality are premature. A provisional interpretation of intersectionality can disorient habits of essentialism, categorial purity, and prototypicality and overcome dynamics of segregation and subordination in political movements. Through a close reading of critical race theorist Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s germinal texts, published more than twenty-five yeTrade Review“This is, perhaps, Carastathis’s greatest insight: she urges us to think about intersectionality as a ‘profoundly destabilizing, productively disorienting, provisional concept’ whose work remains to be done. In this account, intersectionality refers to our desire to keep dreaming of a more just social world.”—Jennifer C. Nash, American Quarterly "Intersectionality follows a clear theoretical arc and stages multiple interventions throughout, making it a resource for one well versed in the field or encountering it for the first time."—Desiree Valentine, Critical Philosophy of Race"Anna Carastathis confronts an enduring obstacle to taking up intersectionality's potential: she illustrates how an ongoing, monist fragmentation of identities, communities, politics, and perceptions buttresses power hierarchies and reinforces exclusion by design."—Vivian M. May, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy“Better theory is what Carastathis wants, and that implies for her a more fundamental critique of naturalized and essentialized groups and a ‘profoundly destabilizing, productively disorienting, provisional concept that disaggregates false unities, undermines false universalisms, and unsettles false entitlements.’”—Myra Marx Ferree, Contemporary Sociology"Carastathis’s citational practices and the subsequent conversations she generates are a vital intervention in this current moment in academia. For both novices and experts in black feminist theories, this book is a crucial review of the literature for all academics at any stage of their career, especially those scholars naming their work as 'intersectional.'"—R. Aliah Ajamoughli, Journal of Folklore Research“Anna Carastathis’s careful and sustained engagement with Kimberlé Crenshaw’s work is uniquely illuminating and helpful.”—Zenzele Isoke, author of Urban Black Women and the Politics of ResistanceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Intersectionality, Black Feminist Thought, and Women-of-Color Organizing 2. Basements and Intersections 3. Intersectionality as a Provisional Concept 4. Critical Engagements with Intersectionality 5. Identities as Coalitions 6. Intersectionality and Decolonial Feminism Conclusion References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisAn examination of the state of the art in stratification research, looking at data, methods, theory, and new empirical findings in social inequality, life course, and cross-national comparative sociology.Trade Review"A beautiful volume of truly informative and stimulating essays at the current frontiers of stratification research. In fact, what Analyzing Inequality achieves is to provide five eminent international scholars with the space to reflect on what they perceive as pressing problems of research in those specific fields to which they have contributed over their own life course and wherein they are clearly considered as among the leading experts worldwide."—American Journal of Sociology"[It] is heartening to see the appearance of a book demonstrating the vibrancy and potential of quantitative research on social inequality internationally"—Canadian Journal of Sociology Online"The book is well-written and covers many of the central topics for European and international mobility and attainment researchers."—Contemporary Sociology"Svallfors has produced a fitting tribute to the distinguished career of Robert Erikson. Leading scholars reflect on the current state of theory and research about inequality and social mobility in the U.S. and Europe. This insightful collection of essays deserves our attention."—Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University"In this excellent volume, leading social scientists show how theoretical and methodological advancements have transformed the study of social stratification and social inequality. The book is a rich source of information on the study of poverty, research on gender inequality, the unification of rational choice theory and large scale data analysis, and innovations in cross-national comparative research." —Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Bamberg UniversityTable of ContentsCONTENTS List of Tables and Figures xx List of Contributors xx Preface xxx Chapter One Introduction 1 Stefan Svallfors Chapter two Life Courses and Life Chances in a Comparative Perspective 00 Karl Ulrich Mayer Chapter three Progress in Sociology: The Case of Social Mobility Research 61 John H Goldthorpe Chapter four Social Indicators, Policy, and Measuring Progress 97 A B Atkinson Chapter five Family Structure, Gender Roles and Social Inequality 126 Annemette S rensen Chapter six Inequalities in Later Life: Gender, marital status and health behaviours 152 Sara Arber Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisExamines nearly five hundred shipboard rebellions that occurred over the course of the entire slave trade, directly challenging the prevailing thesis that such resistance was infrequent or insignificant. As Eric Robert Taylor shows, though most revolts were crushed quickly, others raged on for hours, days, or weeks.

Read more less

Book SynopsisCovering a broad geographic scope from Virginia to South Carolina between 1820 and 1860, Jeff Forret scrutinizes relations among rural poor whites and slaves, a subject previously unexplored and under-reported. Forret's findings challenge historians' long-held assumption that mutual violence and animosity characterized the two groups' interactions.

Read more less

Book Synopsis“August First Day” became the most important annual celebration of emancipation among people of African descent in the northern US, the British Caribbean, Canada West, and the UK and played a critical role in popular mobilization against American slavery. J.R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of this important commemoration.

Read more less

Book SynopsisOffers a new interpretation of the Garrisonian abolitionists, stressing their deep ties to reformers and liberal thinkers in Great Britain and Europe. The group of American reformers known as “Garrisonians” included, at various times, some of the most significant and familiar figures in the history of the antebellum struggle over slavery.

Read more less

Book SynopsisAnalyses the trajectory of interracial reform at three colleges - Oberlin, New York Central, and Berea - noting its implications for the progress of racial equality in nineteenth-century America. John Frederick Bell uses case studies to interrogate how abolitionists and their successors put their principles into practice.

Read more less

Book SynopsisChallenges persistent notions of slave communities as sites of unwavering harmony and solidarity. Though existing scholarship shows that intraracial black violence did not reach high levels until after Reconstruction, contemporary records bear witness to its regular presence among enslaved populations.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisInvestigates how the times and terms of emancipation affected Blacks on each side of the US-Canada border, including their use of political agency to pit the United States and British Canada against one another for the best possible outcomes.

Read more less