ISBN:
9781848721760
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (193 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Power and Identity: Perspectives from the social sciences
DDC:
303.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The concepts of power and identity are vital to many areas of social research. In this edited collection, a prominent set of contributors explore the double relationship between power and group identity, focusing on two complementary lines of enquiry:In what ways can the powerful dictate the identities of the powerless?How can the powerless redefine their identity to challenge the powerful?Each chapter is written by leading authorities in the field, and investigates a particular aspect of the interplay of identity and power via a range of empirical contexts such as colonialism, nationalism, co
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Power and Identity: The multiple facets of a complex relationship; 2 Empire, Religion and Identity: The making of Goan people in the early modern period; 3 State Power and the Genesis of Portuguese National Identity; 4 They're Here to Stay: Tribes and power in contemporary Jordan ; 5 Angry Naked Ladies: Can stereotyping and sexual objectification be used to transform social systems?; 6 Empowerment: The intersection of identity and power in collective action
Description / Table of Contents:
7 May the Force be with You: Social identity, power and the perils of powerlessness8 Power By the People and For the People: Political power and identity in the separation and integration of national states; 9 Understanding Intergroup Relations in Context: Power and identity; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
