Social identity

By:

Jenkins, Richard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Routledge; 2008Edition: 3rd edDescription: 246pISBN:

9780415448482

Subject(s):

Group identity

DDC classification:

305 JEN

Summary: The third edition of Social Identity builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All of the previous chapters have been updated and extra material has been added where relevant, for example on globalisation. Two new chapters have also been added; one addresses the debate about whether identity matters, discussing, for example, Brubaker; the second reviews the postmodern approach to identity. The text is informed by relevant topical examples thre as with earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and out and, social psychology; on the interplay between relationships of similarity and difference; on interaction; on the categorisation of others as well as self-identification; and on power, institutions and organisations.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	305 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		99790

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The third edition of Social Identity builds on the international success of previous editions, offering an easy access critical introduction to social science theories of identity, for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All of the previous chapters have been updated and extra material has been added where relevant, for example on globalisation. Two new chapters have also been added; one addresses the debate about whether identity matters, discussing, for example, Brubaker; the second reviews the postmodern approach to identity.

The text is informed by relevant topical examples thre as with earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and out and, social psychology; on the interplay between relationships of similarity and difference; on interaction; on the categorisation of others as well as self-identification; and on power, institutions and organisations.

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