Information and exclusion / Lior Jacob Strahilevitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strahilevitz, Lior Jacob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social.

Marginality, Social--Government policy.

Information policy.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

x, 255 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly all communities are exclusive in some way. When race or wealth is the basis of exclusion, the homogeneity of a neighborhood, workplace, or congregation is controversial. In other instances, as with an artist's colony or a French language book club, exclusivity is tolerable or even laudable. In this engaging book, Lior Strahilevitz introduces a new theory for understanding how exclusivity is created and maintained in residential, workplace, and social settings, one that emphasizes information's role in facilitating exclusion.The book provides many colorful examples to show how lawmakers frequently misunderstand the subtle mechanics of exclusion, leaving enormous loopholes in the law. Strahilevitz focuses particular attention on today's changing dynamics of exclusion and discusses how technology presents new opportunities for governments to stamp out the most offensive exclusionary behaviors.

Contents:

pt. 1. The mechanics of exclusion

pt. 2. A theory of information and exclusion

pt. 3. Diversity-promoting strategies for the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613150592

9781283150590

128315059X

9780300171693

0300171692

OCLC:

742517265