Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 373 g
The Virtues of Discrimination
Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 373 g
Reihe: The Exploring Psycho-Social Studies Series
ISBN: 978-1-78049-052-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Given the enormous struggles, efforts and money expended on the equalities enterprise, why has more progress not been made? And further, why have things actually become worse in some circumstances? It is argued this has occurred because:- The values of Equality have been bureaucratized, allowing the liberal principle of "live and let live" to be perverted and put in the service of fear and control.- The Diversity discourse has been hijacked by the libertarians and put in the service of increasing profit, under the guise of liberty and inclusivity.- The equality movements have become apolitical, sidetracked into the project of the indiscriminate celebration and preservation of cultures, in lieu of challenging the status quo within cultures as much as between them.- The versions of psychology and sociology that the equality movements have drawn on are over simple
Zielgruppe
Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
Weitere Infos & Material
CHAPTER ONE Introduction: thought paralysis, CHAPTER TWO The struggle to live and let live: the liberal world view, CHAPTER THREE Equal strokes for different folks: the legislature, CHAPTER FOUR Manufacturing kinds of people: processes of inclusion and exclusion CHAPTER FIVE The human condition: psychology, CHAPTER SIX Counting discriminations, CHAPTER SEVEN Corrupting the liberal ideal: diversity in organizational life, CHAPTER EIGHT Perverting the liberal ideal: fear and control, in the Panopticon CHAPTER NINE The difference that dare not speak its name: the lexicon police, CHAPTER TEN The vicissitudes of discrimination, CHAPTER ELEVEN Islam: the new black, CHAPTER TWELVE Tolerating discrimination: discriminatory tolerance, CHAPTER THIRTEEN The road to nowhere: conceptual cul-de-sacs
