Cultural difference and social solidarity : solidarities and social function / edited by Scott H. Boyd and Mary Ann Walter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, Scott H., editor.

Walter, Mary Ann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism.

Identity (Psychology).

Identity politics.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cultural Difference and Social Solidarity: Solidarities and Social Function explores solidarity as a social function bringing to the fore the critical value of the concept of solidarity in understanding contemporary societies. The first part of the book (Solidarities) provides different theoretical approaches to the conception and exploration of solidarity that depart from the traditional and dominant perspectives within which debates about solidarity take place. This part includes chapters o...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; SOLIDARITIES; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; SOCIAL FUNCTION; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5742-4

OCLC:

875097203