Contesting Recognition Culture, Identity and Citizenship

This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nationalism, class and sexuality, drawing on accounts from Europe, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australasia.

Janice McLaughlin is Executive Director of the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, as well as a Reader in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. Her recent publications include Families Raising Disabled Children: Enabling Care and Social Justice (co-authored with Dan Goodley, Emma Clavering and Pamela Fisher), Feminist, Social and Political Theory: Contemporary Debates and Dialogues and Intersections Between Feminist and Queer Theory (co-edited with Diane Richardson and Mark Casey). Peter Phillimore is Professor of Social Anthropology in the School of Geography, Politics Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. His main interests are in medical and environmental anthropology, and he has published widely on health inequalities and the politics of environmental risk. Diane Richardson is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. She has an international reputation for her work on the social organisation of sexuality and gender. Her books include Rethinking Sexuality, Intersections Between Feminist and Queer Theory (co-edited with Janice McLaughlin and Mark Casey) and Introducing Gender and Women's Studies.'(co-edited with Victoria Robinson). Her latest book (with Surya Monro) is Sexuality, Equality and Diversity.

Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Contesting Recognition; J.McLaughlin, P.Phillimore & D.Richardson 
Belonging and the Politics of Belonging; N.Yuval-Davis
Disability and the Pitfalls of Recognition; J.Leach Scully 
'Normal People': Recognition and the Middle Classes; S.Lawler
Biological Citizenship in Aotearoa/New Zealand; R.Fitzgerald
From the Stranger to 'the Other': The Politics of Cosmopolitan Beirut; S.Seidman
Naming Ourselves: Recognising Racism and Mestizaje in Mexico; M.Moreno Figueroa
Lesbian and Gay Parents' Sexual Citizenship: Recognition, Belonging and (Re)classification; Y.Taylor
The Paradox of Recognition: Success or Stigma for Children with Learning Disabilities; R.Rapp & F.Ginsburg
'The Rush to (East) German History': Recognising Memory and Belonging; A.Gallinat
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