[PDF] Identities And Social Action eBook

Author : Philip S. Brenner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 3030769666

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This volume presents recent developments in identity theory and research. Identities are the basic building blocks of society and hold a central place in every social science discipline. Identity theory provides a systematic conceptualization of identities and their relationship to behavior. The research in this volume demonstrates the usefulness of this theory for understanding identities in action in a variety of areas and settings. The volume is organized into three general areas: ethnicity and race; family, religion, and work; and networks, homophily, and the physical environment. This comprehensive and authoritative volume is of interest to a wide readership in the social and behavioral sciences, including students and researchers of sociology, social psychology, psychology, and other social science disciplines.

Author : Carol Vincent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134433484

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This collection will give readers interested in questions of social justice and education access to the work of some of the key contributors to the debate in the UK.

Author : Rusi Jaspal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 16,50 MB
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1107022703

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World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change.

Author : M. Wetherell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 10,63 MB
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 023024694X

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This collection brings together leading scholars to explore the 'doing' and 'making' of identities. Drawing on the highly innovative ESRC Identities and Social Action Programme, the chapters take core social actions – such as performing, excluding, mixing, bonding – and demonstrate how social practices and identities unfold together.

Author : A. Swain
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0230505600

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Education plays a very important role in breaking the cycle of poverty and increasing opportunity. Various forms of social movements play an important role in providing educational opportunities to communities and social groups that might otherwise be excluded, filling the gap left by the state. This book critically examines the origin and outcome of social action for education in different parts of the world.

Author : Harrison C. White
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1400845904

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In this completely revised edition of one of the foundational texts of network sociology, Harrison White refines and enlarges his groundbreaking theory of how social structure and culture emerge from the chaos and uncertainty of social life. Incorporating new contributions from a group of young sociologists and many fascinating and novel case studies, Identity and Control is the only major book of social theory that links social structure with the lived experience of individuals, providing a rich perspective on the kinds of social formations that develop in the process. Going beyond traditional sociological dichotomies such as agency/structure, individual/society, or micro/macro, Identity and Control presents a toolbox of concepts that will be useful to a wide range of social scientists, as well as those working in public policy, management, or associational life and, beyond, to any reader who is interested in understanding the dynamics of social life.

Author : Harrison C. White
Publisher :
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691043043

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In proposing a comprehensive network theory that cuts across the range of social sciences, Harrison White rejects conventional hierarchical models and focuses instead on efforts of control in a social structure described as a tangle of locked-in practices. He argues that the widely held conceptions of person and goal grounded in traditional political economy do not provide a basis for social theory that is either coherent or consistent with current developments in psychology and anthropology. White replaces person with identity, which, in a distinctively human sense, emerges from frictions and social noise across different levels and disciplines in networks. Likewise he reshapes the notion of goals, maintaining that they merely inhabit sets of stories used to explain agency, and that action itself comes through selective strategies to break through formal organization. As his main empirical basis, White uses case studies covering a wide range of topics, including tribal religions, changing rhetorics of industrial administration and the premodern Church, practices of State-building, and change of style in popular music. His analyses draw from English social anthropology, natural science, French rhetorics, mathematics, German industrial history, control engineering, and American pragmatism.

Author : Ximena Zuniga
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : Communication in education
ISBN : 9781138949539

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Intergroup dialogue is a form of democratic engagement that fosters communication, critical reflection, and collaborative action across social and cultural divides. Engaging social identities is central to this approach. In recent years, intergroup dialogue has emerged as a promising social justice education practice that addresses pressing issues in higher education, school and community settings. This edited volume provides a thoughtful and comprehensive overview of intergroup dialogue spanning conceptual frameworks for practice, and most notably a diverse set of research studies which examine in detail the processes and learning that take place through dialogue. This book addresses questions from the fields of education, social psychology, sociology, and social work, offering specific recommendations and examples related to curriculum and pedagogy. Furthermore, it contributes to an understanding of how to constructively engage students and others in education about difference, identities, and social justice. This book was originally published as a special issue of Equity & Excellence in Education.

Author : Gordon Sammut
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 2015-05-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1316298892

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A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious communities, the public understanding of science, health and social marketing. The core aspects of social representations theory have been debated over many years and some still remain widely misunderstood. This Handbook provides an overview of these core aspects and brings together theoretical strands and developments in the theory, some of which have become pillars in the social sciences in their own right. Academics and students in the social sciences working with concepts and methods such as social identity, discursive psychology, positioning theory, semiotics, attitudes, risk perception and social values will find this an invaluable resource.

Author : Margaret Wetherell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 27,88 MB
Release : 1996-08-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780761950387

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`When considering a volume that has essentially the form of a textbook, particular criteria apply. It is important that it is accurate, up-to-date and covers an appropriate range of material in an accessible and stimulating manner. It is important that it is a flexible vehicle for use with diverse courses, and does not overly impose a particular or narrow intellectual structure. In all these respects, this text is to be recommended.... Finally, it is important that all students of social psychology should try to see the historical and cultural linkages that extend across and through its subject area, and this is the other message that comes across from this exceptionally well thought-through book' - Journal of Community and Applied So