Recognition Struggles and Social Movements

Contested Identities, Agency and Power

This study looks comparatively and cross-nationally at the dynamic interplay between those fighting for a fairer division of economic resources and those struggling for recognition and respect of group differences. The book addresses key debates on the political gender of multiculturalism and identity politics with original empirical research. Written by prominent scholars across disciplinary and geographical borders, it transcends social movement studies by confronting issues of power and governance, authenticity, and boundary making.

4 Movements of feminism : the circulation of discourses about women Susan Gal
Introduction Social movements regularly demand “ recognition ” for categories of
personhood just as much as they demand “ redistribution ” of material resources
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