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- Comprehensive examination of how labels such as 'The Poor, ' or
'Asylum Seeker' are created and applied and how these labels shape
power relations in development and aid work- Authored by leading
development practitioners and researchers from the Institute of
Development Studies and including international case studies
addressing gender, race, religion, poverty and power in various
contexts- Hands-on recommendations for tackling stigmatizing labels
and methods for creating new, empowering labels and constructive
ways to frame development problemsWhat does it mean to be part of
the mass known as "The Poor"? What visions are conjured up in our
minds when someone is labeled Muslim? And what assumptions do we
make about their needs, desirability, security and disposability?
How do we react individually and as a society? Who develops these
labels, what power do the labels carry and how do such labels
affect how people are treated?This timely book tackles the critical
and controversial issue of how people are labeled and categorized
and how their problems are framed and dealt with. Drawing on vast
international experience and current theory, the authors examine
how labels are constituted and applied by governments and aid
agencies. It also examines how power relations are amplified or set
on collision courses by labeling, and how the labeled view
themselves and often act contrary to their externally applied
labels or, in some cases, accept the labels. Coverage includes
analysis of labels in current development and aid practice in a
number of contexts. Importantly, the authors provide suggestions
for how policy makers and professionals can tackle negative forms
of labeling, including howcounter-labeling might influence key
concerns such as poverty reduction, human rights, race relations,
and security.
Around the world, asbestos-related diseases are on the increase.
Meanwhile, in many newly-industrialising and developing countries,
asbestos use continues unabated. This book, based on
anthropological fieldwork in the UK, India and South Africa,
explores people's understandings of their illness, risk,
compensation and regulation, contrasting these personal and
community narratives with formal medical and legal understandings.
Linda Waldman shows how the domination of medical and legal
framings of risk and disease over those of workers, sufferers and
activists can narrow the responses chosen by government. This
provides important lessons for researchers, policy makers and
regulators, demonstrating that opening up to alternative
understandings can create more effective policy responses to move
towards sustainability and social justice. Published in association
with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Past debates over social movements have suffered from a focus on
Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of
collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This
authoritative new title redresses this imbalance with case study
material from movements for change in Brazil, India, Bangladesh,
Mexico, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. In these examples, social
movements have formed without the benefits of the structural or
institutional resource base found in the North, and have persevered
even when the state does not have the resources to effectively
respond to collective demands. Each expert contribution points to
the complexity of relationships that influence mobilization and
social movements; unsettling the notion that social activism leads
inexorably to democracy and development and questioning what
motivates collective action and what does it achieve?
Past debates over social movements have suffered from a focus on
Anglo-America and Europe, often neglecting the significance of
collective actions of citizens in the Global South. This
authoritative new title redresses this imbalance with case study
material from movements for change in Brazil, India, Bangladesh,
Mexico, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. In these examples, social
movements have formed without the benefits of the structural or
institutional resource base found in the North, and have persevered
even when the state does not have the resources to effectively
respond to collective demands. Each expert contribution points to
the complexity of relationships that influence mobilization and
social movements; unsettling the notion that social activism leads
inexorably to democracy and development and questioning what
motivates collective action and what does it achieve?
- Comprehensive examination of how labels such as 'The Poor, ' or
'Asylum Seeker' are created and applied and how these labels shape
power relations in development and aid work- Authored by leading
development practitioners and researchers from the Institute of
Development Studies and including international case studies
addressing gender, race, religion, poverty and power in various
contexts- Hands-on recommendations for tackling stigmatizing labels
and methods for creating new, empowering labels and constructive
ways to frame development problemsWhat does it mean to be part of
the mass known as "The Poor"? What visions are conjured up in our
minds when someone is labeled Muslim? And what assumptions do we
make about their needs, desirability, security and disposability?
How do we react individually and as a society? Who develops these
labels, what power do the labels carry and how do such labels
affect how people are treated?This timely book tackles the critical
and controversial issue of how people are labeled and categorized
and how their problems are framed and dealt with. Drawing on vast
international experience and current theory, the authors examine
how labels are constituted and applied by governments and aid
agencies. It also examines how power relations are amplified or set
on collision courses by labeling, and how the labeled view
themselves and often act contrary to their externally applied
labels or, in some cases, accept the labels. Coverage includes
analysis of labels in current development and aid practice in a
number of contexts. Importantly, the authors provide suggestions
for how policy makers and professionals can tackle negative forms
of labeling, including howcounter-labeling might influence key
concerns such as poverty reduction, human rights, race relations,
and security.
Around the world, asbestos-related diseases are on the increase.
Meanwhile, in many newly-industrialising and developing countries,
asbestos use continues unabated. This book, based on
anthropological fieldwork in the UK, India and South Africa,
explores people's understandings of their illness, risk,
compensation and regulation, contrasting these personal and
community narratives with formal medical and legal
understandings.Linda Waldman shows how the domination of medical
and legal framings of risk and disease over those of workers,
sufferers and activists can narrow the responses chosen by
government. This provides important lessons for researchers, policy
makers and regulators, demonstrating that opening up to alternative
understandings can create more effective policy responses to move
towards sustainability and social justice.Published in association
with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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