Fractured identities : changing patterns of inequality / / Harriet Bradley

• Autore: Bradley Harriet
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity, , 2016; ©2016
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 305
• Soggetto topico: Equality; Social classes; Group identity
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Fractured identities
• ISBN: 1-5095-0328-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159027603321
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