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Social Representations and Identity: Content, Process, and Power

By Gail Moloney , Iain Walker

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
1403979715, 9781403979711, 9780230609181
LCC
HM753 .S628 2007
Open Library ID
OL11642863M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1664193 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
260\260
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Power, social positioning, identity, and social knowledge construction underpin most contemporary social issues. However, in many instances the topic of study is the issue itself which can lead to an implicit conceptualization of the issue as static, distinct and separable from the identity, and relationships, of the groups to whom the issue pertains. Explicitly drawing from the non-individualistic perspective offered by social representations theory, this book presents an alternative view of social identity by  articulating the inseparable dynamic relationships that exist between content, process and power relations when social identity is embedded in social knowledge.           Social representations and Identity: Content, Process, and Power is an integrated collection of  theoretically driven applied research by authors from United Kingdom, Europe, Israel, Australia, and North America that addresses salient social issues such as: immigration, refugees, ethnic and minority relations, national and  supranational identity, health, and techno-political rationality.

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