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Privilege, power, and difference / Allan G. Johnson, Ph. D.

By: Publisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Edition: Third editionDescription: xiv, 189 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780073404226
  • 0073404225
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5/20973 23
  • 303.3 23
LOC classification:
  • HN90.E4 J64 2018
Contents:
We're in trouble -- Privilege, oppression, and difference -- Capitalism, class, and the matrix of domination -- Making privilege and oppression happen -- The trouble with the trouble -- What it has to do with us -- How systems of privilege work -- Getting off the hook: denial and resistance -- What can we do? -- Epilogue: a worldview is hard to change.
Summary: Privilege, Power, and Difference is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, the 3rd edition links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. This extraordinary book has been used across the country, both inside and outside the classroom, to shed light on issues of power and privilege. The thoroughly updated 3rd edition includes a new epilogue about the conflicting worldviews that can make these issues so difficult.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab HN90 .E4 .J64 2018 1 Available 50583020007542
Total holds: 0

Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-181) and index.

We're in trouble -- Privilege, oppression, and difference -- Capitalism, class, and the matrix of domination -- Making privilege and oppression happen -- The trouble with the trouble -- What it has to do with us -- How systems of privilege work -- Getting off the hook: denial and resistance -- What can we do? -- Epilogue: a worldview is hard to change.

Privilege, Power, and Difference is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, the 3rd edition links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. This extraordinary book has been used across the country, both inside and outside the classroom, to shed light on issues of power and privilege. The thoroughly updated 3rd edition includes a new epilogue about the conflicting worldviews that can make these issues so difficult.

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