Identity Studies in the Social Sciences – serie
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31 produkter
Moving Histories of Class and Community
Identity, Place and Belonging in Contemporary England
Inbunden, 2009
562 kr
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A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, …
White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling
Av D. Reay, G. Crozier m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
530 kr
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This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and …
Total Institutions and Reinvented Identities
Av S. Scott
Inbunden, 2011
1054 kr
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Why do people enter total institutions – places that confine and control them around the clock – and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of …
Relating Indigenous and Settler Identities
Beyond Domination
Av A. Bell
Inbunden, 2014
562 kr
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This book uses identity theories to explore the struggles of indigenous peoples against the domination of the settler imaginary in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The book argues that a new relational imaginary can revolutionize the way settler peoples think about and relate …
Class, Individualization and Late Modernity
In Search of the Reflexive Worker
Av W. Atkinson
Inbunden, 2010
546 kr
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This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice and the waning of tradition. Arguing against this view, this study vividly uncovers the multiple ways in which class stubbornly persists.
Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK
Av M. Hickman, N. Mai m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
562 kr
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Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day …
Gender, Work and Community After De-Industrialisation
A Psychosocial Approach to Affect
Inbunden, 2012
530 kr
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How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of threats, insecurities and closure? How did people weather the storms and how do they face the future now? While attempts to regenerate communities are …
Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions
Perspectives on the Past and Present
Av John Kirk, Sylvie Contrepois m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
562 kr
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This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.
Identity, Violence and Power
Mobilising Hatred, Demobilising Dissent
Av Guy Elcheroth, Stephen Reicher
Inbunden, 2017
1054 kr
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This book provides a systematic examination of the re-patterning of collective identities through violence and the role of power politics in such critical transitions. The authors show how identity is created through shared social practices and how it is transformed when collective violence …
Mixed Race Identities
Av P. Aspinall, M. Song
Inbunden, 2013
546 kr
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This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other identity strands which are now challenging …
Dirty Work
Concepts and Identities
Av R. Simpson, N. Slutskaya m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
546 kr
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This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' – tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.
Contesting Recognition
Culture, Identity and Citizenship
Av J. McLaughlin, P. Phillimore m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
546 kr
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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.
Moving Histories of Class and Community
Identity, Place and Belonging in Contemporary England
Häftad, 2009
562 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A major new study of white working class Britain since 1930, that shows how meanings of poverty have changed over time and how individuals reject categorization by the state. This book challenges accepted wisdom on the white working class, providing new understandings of community, place and class, …
Work and Identity
Historical and Cultural Contexts
Inbunden, 2010
566 kr
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This book presents an accessible and fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent empirical trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Focusing on three occupational sectors in particular teachers, bank workers …
Identity in the 21st Century
New Trends in Changing Times
Av M. Wetherell
Inbunden, 2009
549 kr
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Bringing together leading scholars to investigate trends in contemporary social life, this book examines the current patterning of identities based on class and community, gender and generation, 'race', faith and ethnicity, and derived from popular culture, exploring debates about social change, …
Theorizing Identities and Social Action
Av M. Wetherell
Inbunden, 2009
534 kr
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This collection brings together leading scholars to explore the 'doing' and 'making' of identities. Drawing on the highly innovative ESRC Identities and Social Action Programme, the chapters take core social actions – such as performing, excluding, mixing, bonding – and demonstrate how social …
Oriental Identities in Super-Diverse Britain
Young Vietnamese in London
Av T. Barber
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a new form of collective consciousness and identity in Britain.
White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling
Av D. Reay, G. Crozier m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and …
White Middle-Class Identities and Urban Schooling
Av D. Reay, G. Crozier m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
586 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and …
Relating Indigenous and Settler Identities
Beyond Domination
Av A. Bell
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book uses identity theories to explore the struggles of indigenous peoples against the domination of the settler imaginary in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The book argues that a new relational imaginary can revolutionize the way settler peoples think about and relate …
Class, Individualization and Late Modernity
In Search of the Reflexive Worker
Av W. Atkinson
Häftad, 2010
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book puts to the test the prominent claim that social class has declined in importance in an era of affluence, choice and the waning of tradition. Arguing against this view, this study vividly uncovers the multiple ways in which class stubbornly persists.
Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK
Av M. Hickman, N. Mai m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Based on a flagship research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Immigration and Inclusion programme, this book argues that social cohesion is achieved through people (new arrivals as well as the long-term settled) being able to resolve the conflicts and tensions within their day-to-day …
Gender, Work and Community After De-Industrialisation
A Psychosocial Approach to Affect
Häftad, 2012
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of threats, insecurities and closure? How did people weather the storms and how do they face the future now? While attempts to regenerate communities are …
Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions
Perspectives on the Past and Present
Av John Kirk, Sylvie Contrepois m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.
Mixed Race Identities
Av P. Aspinall, M. Song
Häftad, 2013
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other identity strands which are now challenging …
Dirty Work
Concepts and Identities
Av R. Simpson, N. Slutskaya m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' – tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.
Contesting Recognition
Culture, Identity and Citizenship
Av J. McLaughlin, P. Phillimore m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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.
Work and Identity
Historical and Cultural Contexts
Häftad, 2011
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book presents an accessible and fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent empirical trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation. Focusing on three occupational sectors in particular teachers, bank workers …
Theorizing Identities and Social Action
Av M. Wetherell
Häftad, 2009
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection brings together leading scholars to explore the 'doing' and 'making' of identities. Drawing on the highly innovative ESRC Identities and Social Action Programme, the chapters take core social actions – such as performing, excluding, mixing, bonding – and demonstrate how social …
Oriental Identities in Super-Diverse Britain
Young Vietnamese in London
Av T. Barber
Häftad, 2015
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Tamsin Barber addresses the experience of the British-born Vietnamese as an overlooked minority population in 'super-diverse' London, exploring the emergence of the pan-ethnic 'Oriental' category as a new form of collective consciousness and identity in Britain.
