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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159027603321

Autore

Bradley Harriet

Titolo

Fractured identities : changing patterns of inequality / / Harriet Bradley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5095-0328-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Equality

Social classes

Group identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dedication; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Introduction to Second Edition; 1: Introductory: Inequality and Identity; Thinking about Inequality; Inequalities and Modernity; Rethinking the Problem: New Approaches to Inequality and Difference; Analysing Inequalities: Fluidity and Stability; A 'Both/And' Approach: Materiality and Meaning; Thinking Points; 2: Inequality, Fragmentation and Identity; A Crisis of Inequality; Does Inequality Matter?; Aspects of Inequality: Class, Gender, 'Race' and Ethnicity, and Age; Intersectionality and Interacting Dynamics

Polarization and FragmentationIdentities and Fragmentation; Conclusions; Thinking Points; 3: Capitalism, Modernity and Global Change; The Power of Change; Industrialism and Capitalism; Capitalism and Change: Late, Disorganized or Global?; Modernity, Risk and Reflexivity: An Alternative Perspective; A New Type of Society? Post-Industrialism and Postmodernity; Where are We Now? Postmodernity? Or Globalized Reorganized Capitalism?; Conclusions; Thinking Points; 4: The Death and Rebirth of Class; Classes Old and New; The Classic Inheritance; The Legacy of Marx: The Struggle Continues

The Legacy of Weber: Flux and FragmentationThe Functionalist Alternative: A Meritocratic Structure of Inequality?; Newer Directions:



Post-Industrial Classes and Postmodern Questioning; Moving On: The New Sociology of Class; Class, Identity and Action; Intersecting Dynamics: Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Age; Conclusions; Further Reading; Thinking Points; 5: Gender: Rethinking Patriarchy; Classic Feminist Standpoints; The Contribution of Classic Feminist Thinking; A Paradigm Shift? The Postmodern Critique; New Themes

'New Waves' of Feminism in the Twenty-First Century: The Re-Emergence of Patriarchy?Gendered Identities; Intersecting Dynamics: Gender, Ethnicity, Class and Age; Conclusions; Further Reading; Thinking Points; 6: 'Race' and Ethnicity: 'Travelling in the West'; Migration, Ethnicity and Hierarchy; Racialization and Discrimination; Defining Terms: 'Race', Ethnicity and Nationality; Explaining Racial Divisions in Sociological Theory; Postmodernism and Post-colonialism: The 'New Sociology of Ethnicities'; Newer Themes: Multiculturalism and Mixing; Ethnicity and Identity

Intersecting Dynamics: Ethnicity, Class, Gender and AgeConclusions; Further Reading; Thinking Points; 7: Age: Generations and Gaps; Sociological Frameworks for Considering Age; Explaining the Experience of Old Age; Explaining the Experience of Youth; Age and Identity; Intersecting Dynamics: Age, Ethnicity, Gender and Class; Conclusions; Further Reading; Thinking Points; 8: Emergent Identities and Inequalities: Disability, Sexual Orientation and Religious Affiliation; Disability; Explaining Disability; Disability and Disadvantage; Disability and Identity; Sexual Orientation

Explaining Sexual Orientation