Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship: Towards a Politics of Difference

by S. Hines

Overview

This book examines the meanings and significance of the UK Gender Recognition Act within the context of broader social, cultural, legal, political, theoretical and policy shifts concerning gender and sexual diversity, and addresses current debates about equality and diversity, citizenship and recognition across a range of disciplines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137318879
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	11/12/2013
Series:	Citizenship, Gender and Diversity
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	895 KB

About the Author

Sally Hines is Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, at the University of Leeds, UK. Her recent publications include TransForming Gender: Transgender Practices of Identity, Intimacy and Care, Sexualities: Reflections and Futures (co-edited with Yvette Taylor) and Theorising Intersectionality and Sexuality (co-edited with Yvette Taylor and Mark Casey).

Table of Contents

1. Theorising Recognition 2. Moving for Recognition 3. Recognition, Misrecognition and Human Rights 4. Claiming and Contesting Recognition 5. Recognising and Regulating Intimate Diversity 6. Governing Diversity 7. From Recognition to a Politics of Difference

Editorial Reviews

'A wonderful, scholarly elaboration of a politics of difference, carefully argued and grounded in the claims and experiences of transgender people.' - Fiona Williams, Professor of Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK

'In a nuanced and vivid account of trans people's engagements with gender recognition law, Hines offers important new reflections on the politics of recognition and difference.' - Davina Cooper, Professor of Law & Political Theory, University of Kent, UK

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