Intersectionality
DiGeSt 2,1-2 (2015)
Published on 13. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-90-382-2597-5 (ISBN)
Description
Intersectionality: buzzword or new paradigm? In this book, renowned scholars and young researchers explore the value of the concept for research and critical practice. How does intersectionality add to existing categories and frameworks? Is it appropriate to describe what is on the intersection of gender, class, race, and ethnicity? What frameworks, practices, and policies do we need to map complex social structures? What role does intersectionality play herein?
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-382-2597-5 (9789038225975)
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Karen Celis is Research Professor at the Department of Political Science and co-director of RHEA (Centre of Expertise on Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality) at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. She is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook on Gender and Politics (Oxford University Press, 2013), Gender, Conservatism and Representation (ECPR Press, 2015), and of the book series Gender and Comparative Politics (Routledge). Eline Severs is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. She is affiliated to the research programme Evaluating Democratic Governance in Europe and RHEA. Alison E. Woodward is Emerita Research Professor at the Institute for European Studies at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, and a founding member of RHEA. She is a member of the Standing Committees on Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation and Science Europe. Liselotte Vandenbussche is Lecturer and Postdoctoral Researcher at Artevelde University College Ghent, Belgium. She is general editor of DiGeSt, Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies.