1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454359703321

Titolo

Paradoxes of cultural recognition [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives from Northern Europe / / edited by Sharam Alghasi, Thomas Hylland Eriksen and Halleh Ghorashi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-317-08419-5

1-317-08418-7

1-282-05451-1

9786612054518

0-7546-9585-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Research in migration and ethnic relations series

Altri autori (Persone)

AlghasiSharam <1966->

EriksenThomas Hylland

GhorashiHalleh

Disciplina

305.8009481

305.9/06912

Soggetti

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Norway

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Netherlands

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

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; PART 1 Uneasy Categories; 2 Engaging with Diversity: Europe Between Imagined Homogeneity and Enduring Cultural Difference; 3 Race and the Dutch: On the Uneasiness Surrounding Racial Issues in the Netherlands; 4 Should Integration be the Goal? A Policy for Difference and Community; 5 National Identity and the Sense of (Non-) Belonging: Iranians in the United States and the Netherlands; PART 2 Cultural Categories in Practice

6 Discrimination and Cultural Closure at Work: Evidence from Two Dutch Organizations7 Ethno-Nationalism and Education; 8 Avoiding Culture and Practising Culturalism: Labelling Practices and Paradoxes in Swedish Schools; 9 Disentangling Culture as Explanatory Factor: The Paradox of a Client Centred Approach in Social Work; 10 What



Difference Does it Make? Transnational Networks and Collective Engagement Among Ethnic Minorities in Norway; PART 3 The Migrant's Positioning and the Public Space

11 The Process of Hybridization: Cognition, Emotion and Experience Among Multicultural Youngsters in 'Rudenga', East side, Oslo12 'Mix, Just Mix and See What Happens': Girls in a Super-diverse Amsterdam Neighbourhood; 13 Fallen Angels: The End of the Colourful Community?; 14 Rethinking National Constellations of Citizenship: Situating the Headscarf Controversy in the Netherlands; 15 Representations of the Other in Norwegian Debate Programmes 1989-1997; 16 From Obsessive Egalitarianism to Pluralist Universalism? A Normative Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explicitly comparative in its approach, Paradoxes of Cultural Recognition discusses central issues regarding multiculturalism in today's Europe, based on studies of Norway and the Netherlands. Distinguishing clearly the four social fields of the media, education, the labour market and issues relating to gender, it presents empirical case studies, which offer valuable insights into the nature of majority/minority relationships, whilst raising theoretical questions relevant for further comparisons.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450345603321

Autore

Groff Ruth <1963-, >

Titolo

Critical realism, post-positivism and the possibility of knowledge / / Ruth Groff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-31294-6

1-280-07585-6

0-203-41727-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in critical realism ; ; 11

Disciplina

149/.2

Soggetti

Relativity

Causation

Critical realism

Knowledge, Theory of

Truth

Positivism

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 (p. [143]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Critical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: relativism, anti-realism and causality; 2 On the necessity of necessary connections: critical realism and Kant's transcendental idealism; 3 Natural kinds: critical realism and Putnam's internal realism; 4 Alethic truth; 5 Recovering Aristotle: realism about causality and the social sciences; 6 Conclusion: critical realism and the post-positivist quagmire; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Groff defends 'realism about causality' through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brian Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others. In so doing she affirms critical realism, but with several important qualifications. In particular, she rejects the theory of truth advanced by Roy Bhaskar. She also attempts to both clarify and correct earlier critical realist attempts to apply realism about causality to the social



sciences.By connecting issues in metaphysics and philosophy of science to the problem of relativism, Groff bridges the gap between the philosophical literature and broader deba