Education and the Politics of Difference
Iris Young and the politics of education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8857705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Avigail Eisenberg (0000-0001-8355-7231, a University of Victoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-23 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2006.00171.x |
| OpenAlex | W2014334774 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 20 |
Three key contributions of Iris Young to democratic political theory, and three challenges that have arisen in response to Young's theory, are examined here in relation to education. First, Young has argued that oppression and domination, not distributive inequality, ought to guide discussions about justice. Second, eliminating oppression requires establishing a politics that welcomes difference by dismantling and reforming structures, processes, concepts and categories that sustain difference‐blind, impartial, neutral, universal politics and policies. The infatuation with merit and standardized tests, both of which are central to measuring educational achievement, are chief amongst the targets in need of reform. Third, a politics of difference requires restructuring the division of labour and decision‐making so as to include disadvantaged social groups but allow them to contribute without foregoing their particularities. The challenges that have arisen in response to Young's theory are first, that difference is merely another way of getting at inequality of resources or opportunities, and if it is not, then, second, a politics of difference values difference for the sake of difference rather than for the sake of alleviating social disadvantage. Third, in theory and in practice a politics that focuses on difference putatively jeopardizes a politics whose aim is to improve the redistribution of resources
Aesthetics · Higher education · IRIS (biosensor · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religious Education and Schools
Learning for democracy
Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach and Social Justice in Education
Citizenship education and human capabilities
Diversity is the others
Rethinking teachers’ production of social justice in rural schools
Layers of oppression and exclusion in the context of HIV and Aids
Critical reflection in the secondary classroom
Meaningful Educational Opportunity” May Not be Equality of Educational Opportunity [Essay Review of the Book Moving Every Child Ahead
Students ‘at‐risk’ policy
What is Equity in Education? Reflections from the Capability Approach
Debating as a Deliberative Instrument in Educational Practice
The Twilight of Common Dreams
Justice and the Politics of Difference
The Moral and Political Status of Children
Polity and Group Difference
Inclusion and Democracy
Inclusion and Democracy
Justice and the Politics of Difference
Equality of Whom? Social Groups and Judgments of Injustice
Justice Interruptus
An Interview with Iris Marion Young
Rage and Hope
Justice interruptus
What is the Politics of Difference
Surviving Diversity
Varieties of pluralism
Conceptions of Parental Autonomy
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.58 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |