From Recognition to a Politics of Difference

Abstract

In Chapter 1, I explored the UK GRA in relation to the role of ‘recognition’ within recent social movements and political theory. This book began, then, by contextualising recognition alongside the fracturing of social democratic ideals and the rise of identity politics and new social movements from the late 1960s. Chapter 1 looked in detail at key theorists in the recognition literature, setting out their distinct approaches to recognition and, by turn, to social justice. These debates were evaluated through empirical data from my research exploring the impact and significance of the GRA.