Identity Politics
Introduction to a New Series
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6265757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Bellamy (0000-0002-9823-0626, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 295-300 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Government and Opposition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1477-7053.00101 |
| OpenAlex | W1992841643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Commissioning A Series On ‘Identity Politics’ Inevitably involves making contentious, if hopefully defensible, editorial choices about what each of these terms involves. Issues relating to ‘identity’ and ‘difference’ have figured ever more prominently on both the political and academic agendas over the past thirty years. These terms are often employed to describe a wide range of somewhat heterogeneous phenomena. For example, a recent UK Economic and Social Research Council Programme on ‘Identity and Choice’ lists under this rubric everything from ethnicity, nationality, gender and religion, to class, disability, shopping and musical preferences. However, such usage risks broadening the concept of identity to the point of vacuity. Therefore, the scope of this series is somewhat narrower: namely, political identity. Of course, the concept of the ‘political’ is itself contested and likewise seemingly infinitely expandable to all issues and areas of life. Consequently, a more restricted meaning applies here too, with politics limited to the making of collectively binding decisions amongst people holding divergent opinions and interests
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Identity politics · Immigration · Meaning (existential · Nationality · Political science · Politics · Rubric · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2006 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |