Recognition Struggles and Social Movements: Contested Identities, Agency and Power

Abstract

Recognition Struggles and Social Movements is the first book to look 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 around multiculturalism and identity politics with original empirical research. Written by prominent scholars across disciplinary and geographical borders, this book breaks new ground in social movement studies confronting issues of power and governance, authenticity, and boundary making.