Contesting Recognition: Culture, Identity and Citizenship

by McLaughlin, J. Phillimore, P. Richardson, D.

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This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nationalism, class and sexuality, drawing on accounts from Europe, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australasia.

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Full title :Contesting Recognition : Culture, Identity and Citizenship / edited by J. McLaughlin, P. Phillimore, D. Richardson.

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Publication Date:2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011

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Publisher(s):Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Macmillan UK
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description based upon print version of record.

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Description:1 online resource (238 p.).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1283318539, 9781283318532, 9786613318534, 6613318531, 0230348904, 9780230348905, 9780230280502, 0230280501
DOI:10.1057/9780230348905
oclc:on1259137961
LC Classification:JA76
Dewey Decimal:305

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Why Contesting Recognition?; 1 Belonging and the Politics of Belonging; 2 Disability and the Pitfalls of Recognition; 3 'Normal people': Recognition and the Middle Classes; 4 Biological Citizenship in Aotearoa/New Zealand; 5 From the Stranger to 'the Other': The Politics of Cosmopolitan Beirut; 6 Naming Ourselves: Recognising Racism and Mestizaje in Mexico; 7 Lesbian and Gay Parents' Sexual Citizenship: Recognition, Belonging and (Re)classification

8 The Paradox of Recognition: Success or Stigma for Children with Learning Disabilities9 'The Rush to (East) German History': Recognising Memory and Belonging; References; Index

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anthropology Civil rights & citizenship Ethnicity Ethnicity Studies Gender studies Marginality, Social minorities Perception sociale Political sociology Politics and government Social groups Social perception Social sciences -- Philosophy Social Theory Social theory Sociology Sociology (General)