Representing Communities

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Representing Communities

This edited collection offers the latest research into the reproduction of ‘hegemonic’ discourse and the ways in which the description and evaluation of social groups affects their ability to exercise cultural and political autonomy. The book examines the representations of a number of communities and social groups, both within their ‘micro-contexts’, and with reference to the economic, political, social, cultural and technological ‘macro-contexts’ in which they are embedded. The analysis highlights the connections between discourse, power, dominance and social inequality, focusing on patriarchal, capitalist and postcolonial representations and power imbalances. Based on a combination of theoretical and empirical analyses, the collection offers an array of macro-social critiques based on the analysis and critical understanding of contemporary contexts and representations, and how they contribute to political, social, economic and cultural practices.
Equity & Community

Author: Institute for Research on Public Policy
language: en
Publisher: IRPP
Release Date: 1993
This book , The Author addresses the following issues: how and to what effect judicial action has changed since the adoption of the charter, both at the national level and in Quebec; howjudges seek to reconcile particular groups claims with the sense of community integral to a free and democratic society; the implications of these and other developments for interest group advocacy, particular within parliament; and means of strengthening the voice of under represented groups within elected institutions.
Web Information Systems and Technologies

This book contains the thoroughly refereed and revised best papers from the 7th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, WEBIST 2011, held in Nordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, in May 2011, organized by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), in collaboration with ACM SIGMIS and co-sponsored by the Workflow Management Coalition (WFMC). The 12 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 156 submissions. The papers are grouped into tow parts on "Internet Technology" and "Web Interfaces and Applications". In addition, the three invited presentations are also included.