EMBODYING THE SOCIAL by Esther Saraga (Editor) ( 9780415181310 )

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Title:

EMBODYING THE SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTIONS OF DIFFERENCE

By:

Esther Saraga (Editor)

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415181313

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9780415181310

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 February, 1998

Series:

Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity

Pages:

224

Description:

In the SOCIAL POLICY: WELFARE, POWER AND DIVERSITY series. Considers the social construction of social difference, dealing with the processes through which social problems and inequalities are constructed. Also examines the shifting ways in which ideas about issues such as disability and sexuality influence the development of social policies.

Synopsis:

This book opens the series with a consideration of the social construction of social difference. Taking the body as the point of departure, it deals with the processes through which social problems and social inequalities are constructed. In particular, it examines the shifting ways in which our ideas about issues such as 'disability', 'race' and ethnicity, and sexuality influence the development of social policies.

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Routledge

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