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Author Strahilevitz, Lior Jacob.

Title Information and exclusion / Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
Published New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 pages)
Contents pt. 1. The mechanics of exclusion -- pt. 2. A theory of information and exclusion -- pt. 3. Diversity-promoting strategies for the twenty-first century
Summary Nearly all communities are exclusive in some way. When race or wealth is the basis of exclusion, the homogeneity of a neighborhood, workplace, or congregation is controversial. In other instances, as with an artist's colony or a French language book club, exclusivity is tolerable or even laudable. In this engaging book, Lior Strahilevitz introduces a new theory for understanding how exclusivity is created and maintained in residential, workplace, and social settings, one that emphasizes information's role in facilitating exclusion. The book provides many colorful examples to show how lawmakers frequently misunderstand the subtle mechanics of exclusion, leaving enormous loopholes in the law. Strahilevitz focuses particular attention on today's changing dynamics of exclusion and discusses how technology presents new opportunities for governments to stamp out the most offensive exclusionary behaviors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Marginality, Social.
Marginality, Social -- Government policy
Information policy.
Cultural pluralism.
Cultural Diversity
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Cultural pluralism
Information policy
Marginality, Social
Marginality, Social -- Government policy
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011922304
ISBN 9780300171693
0300171692
9786613150592
6613150592