Challenging diversity : rethinking equality and the value of difference /

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Challenging Diversity looks at the key issues facing social, political and cultural theory. Taking examples from religion, gender, sexuality, state policy-making and intentional communities, it maps new ways of understanding equality, explores the politics of its pursuit, and asks what kinds of dive...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cooper, Davina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Cambridge cultural social studies.
Subjects:
Cultural pluralism.
Group identity > Political aspects.
Political culture.
Cultural Diversity
Diversité culturelle.
Identité collective > Aspect politique.
Culture politique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Cultural pluralism
Group identity > Political aspects
Political culture
Plurale samenleving.
Politieke cultuur.
Politieke aspecten.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: mapping the terrain; 2 Diversity politics: beyond a pluralism without limits; 3 From blokes to smokes: theorising the difference; 4 Towards equality of power; 5 Normative encounters: the politics of same-sex spousal equality; 6 Getting in the way: the social power of nuisance; 7 Oppositional routines: the problem of embedding change; 8 Safeguarding community pathways: 'possibly the happiest school in the world' and other porous places; 9 Diversity through equality; Bibliography; Index.

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