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Author Cooper, Davina.

Title Challenging diversity : rethinking equality and the value of difference / Davina Cooper
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 235 pages)
Series Cambridge cultural social studies
Cambridge cultural social studies.
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
Summary 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 diversity does a radical version of equality engender
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-231) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cultural pluralism.
Group identity -- Political aspects
Political culture.
Cultural Diversity
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Cultural pluralism
Group identity -- Political aspects
Political culture
Plurale samenleving.
Politieke cultuur.
Politieke aspecten.
Form Electronic book
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