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Identity/Difference Politics: How Difference Is Produced, and Why It Matters

Identity/Difference Politics: How Difference Is Produced, and Why It Matters

Dhamoon, Rita

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General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

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ISBN10: 0774815906
ISBN13: 9780774815901
Publisher: Univ Of British Columbia
Published: Apr 10 2009
Pages: 208
Language: English

Theories of liberal multiculturalism have come to dominate debates about identity and difference politics in contemporary western political theory. Identity/Difference Politics offers a nuanced critique of these debates by switching the focus from culture to power. Issues of power are examined through accounts of meaning-making - those processes through which meanings of difference are produced, organized, and regulated. Other forms of identity/difference such as whiteness, ableism, gender, and heteronormativity establish the analytic and normative value of Dhamoon's alternative theoretical framework, and reveal that an exclusive preoccupation with culture can dissolve into essentialism - which too often provides a rationale for state regulation of groups deemed to be too different.

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