Understanding Diversity: An Introduction to Class, Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation - Softcover

Pincus, Fred L.

 
9781588264022: Understanding Diversity: An Introduction to Class, Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1588264025 ISBN 13: 9781588264022
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc, 2006

Synopsis

What is diversity? How does prejudice show itself? What are the societal consequences of discrimination - toward women? Toward gays? Toward people of color? Toward the poor? Has anything changed over the past 40 years? These are just some of the questions addressed in this introduction to the issues and controversies surrounding the concepts of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. The opening chapter of "Understanding Diversity" establishes both the importance of the subject - in a "real-life" way - and the necessity of a multilevel approach to exploring it. The chapters on race, gender, class, and sexual orientation are then organized around six consistent themes: terminology, descriptive statistics, concepts of prejudice, social construction, discrimination, and social movements. A discussion of the politics of diversity compellingly demonstrates the role of theory in the search for strategies to combat oppression. Accessible and practical, yet theoretically rich, "Understanding Diversity" is the perfect companion to the many diversity anthologies on the market.

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Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1588264025
ISBN 13 
9781588264022
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
265

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