Contesting Recognition

. Ed(s): McLaughlin, Janice; Phillimore, Peter; Richardson, Diane

ISBN 10: 0230280501 / ISBN 13: 9780230280502

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

About this Item

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. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Janice; Phillimore, Peter; Richardson, Diane. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412. . 2011. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780230280502

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contesting Recognition
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230280501
• ISBN 13: 9780230280502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

MÓNICA MORENO FIGUEROA Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, UK RUTH FITZGERALD Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand ANSELMA GALLINET Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK FAYE GINSBURG Kriser Professor of Anthropology at New York University where she also is Director of the Center for Media, Culture and History and co-Director of the NYU Council for the Study of Disabilities, USA STEPH LAWLER Reader in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK RAYNA RAPP Professor of Anthropology at New York University, USA JACKIE LEACH SCULLY Reader in Social and Bioethics and Director of Research at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, Newcastle University, UK STEVEN SEIDMAN Teaches Sociology at the University at Albany, USA YVETTE TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK NIRA YUVAL-DAVIS Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London, UK