This article discusses the meaning of epistemological violence in the empirical social
sciences. It is argued that the concept is closer to personal than to structural violence in that …

Ethnic and racial identity are among the most researched topics in the multicultural
counseling literature. The popularity of these constructs, combined with ongoing …

Disability Politics and Theory, a historical exploration of the concept of disability, covers the
late nineteenth century to the present, introducing the main models of disability theory and …

We argue that because of a long history of intergroup conflict and competition, humans
evolved to be tribal creatures. Tribalism is not inherently bad, but it can lead to ideological …

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what,
precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An …

Concepts and Theories of Human Development is the most comprehensive and in-depth
overview of the foundational theoretical contributions to understanding human development …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 RACISM Racism is as pertinent an issue today as it was twenty years
ago. This fully updated new edition of Racism provides a thought-provoking account of the history …

This sweeping work traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that'race'is
not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and …

" This research should make us extremely sceptical that the constant search for'higher
standards' and for ever-increasing achievement scores can do much more than put in place …

Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor of Crime, Law, and Society in the Department of Criminal
Justice, University of North Carolina–Charlotte. He holds additional faculty appointments in …