ISBN:
0080456561
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9780080456560
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 272 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Research in race and ethnic relations volume 12
Parallel Title:
Print version Marginality, power and social structure
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Marginality, Social
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
The articles in this book are intended to be a much-needed corrective to the literature on marginality. In the recent past, and at present, the concept of marginality has been used with little specificity, and when used with specificity, the delineation of the complex dimensions of the term has been less than satisfactory. To illustrate the many ways in which marginality exists and operates in many societies Rutledge Dennis has assembled a rich array of articles designed to highlight the history and evolution of the concept of marginality along with the theorists, issues and situations which p
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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pt. I. The age of marginality
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pt. II. Defining marginality: historical and contemporary perspectivesMarginality: a conceptual extension
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No owner of soil: redefining the concept of marginality
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The marginal man: evolution of a concept
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pt. III. Youth and marginalityExclusion, civic invisibility and marginality: the murders of street youth in Brazil
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The impact of religiosity on deviance and criminal activity in youth and young adults
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Social capital and the impact of violence among early adolescent African-American males
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pt. IV. Marginality and the social construction of ethnicity and gender identityEthnic boundaries and intermediaries in the resettlement of Indochinese refugees
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Marginalizing the majority: migration and the social construction of identity among Uighur Muslim women in China
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Transcending "The marginal man": challenging the patriarchal legacy of Robert E. Park
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pt. V. Class and marginalityThe marginal status of teachers in an elite school system: secondary education in nineteenth and early twentieth-century France
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William J. Wilson's "Ghetto-related behaviors," values and poverty: a test
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