Identity A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (1)
those who are ideologically committed to the discrimination of women as God- given or fixed by nature. Until ...
At the same time, most Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries have seen ...
An innovative approach is identity economics. Developed by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton, two US economis ...
to say, but that it also reflects social realities and makes us see the world in a particular way (for ...
If you are committed to equality, it is surely more important to change the world than the language. After ...
by just focusing on occupational segregation and other cultural practices. In many Western countries the l ...
openly living their gay identity. Conclusions Like race, gender seems to be an immutable element of our identi ...
Chapter 5 Identity in politics: promises and dangers From sex to politics is not a long way, and identity ...
micro-nations’) were visible then as they are now. From a historical point of view, these tensions are ...
one option, secession another. Whether other criteria than sovereignty distinguish nationalities from nations ...
their remembrance of a ‘glorious’ past. While these two positions look quite different, they are both co ...
conspicuous examples, a sense of insecurity spread through the Western world. The Western values and ideals that i ...
others, Confucius stands forever ready to be re-enlisted for supporting claims to civilization identities, which n ...
but consider identity as non-negotiable, something that defines the group one belongs to as much as oneself. ...
Identity politics? Yet some critics consider the insistence on identity in politics to be a serious prob ...
However, it must also be noted that many people surely find the cultivation and preservation of thei ...
These questions, among others, relate to the relationship between the individual and groups in democratic societies ...
Chapter 6 ‘Your station in life’: social identities in our time Social stratification Societies are not amorphous ...
people’s social position visibly recognizable. The Hindu caste system is another example of a rigid system of ...
class replaced feudal estate as the most relevant category for describing people’s position in society. ...
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