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Power in Struggle
Feminism, Sexuality and the State
by Davina Cooper, Merril Smith
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1995 by Nyu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-1527-7, ISBN: 0-8147-1527-3

"Those seeking social change confront the centrality of power on a daily basis. What precisely is power and how does it manifest itself? And how are radical and progressive strategies shaped by the ways in which we conceptualize it? Drawing on feminist, poststructuralist, and Marxist theory, Davina Cooper develops an innovative framework for understanding power relations in forms as diverse as reproductive technology, queer activism, mu ..."






Reimagining the State
Theoretical Challenges and Transformative Possibilities
by Davina Cooper, Nikita Dhawan, Janet Newman
278 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-20909-0, ISBN: 1-351-20909-4

"the standard practices of national representation from a position, in a sense, of impossibility. ... This is because pavilions at the Venetian biennale are meant to represent only those nation-states formally recognised by ... disagreements, a common if implicit understanding united all participants in the Palestinian biennial debate, which was a sense of a ... suggestion that a Palestinian pavilion should find its 'place in the Gi ..."






Global and Insurgent Legalities Ser.
Feeling Like a State : Desire, Denial, and the Recasting of Authority
by Davina Cooper
272 Pages, Published 2019 by Duke University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4780-0557-5, ISBN: 1-4780-0557-2

"Several writers, including Levitas (2013: 148), have criticized Wright for developing a utopian framework that sticks too closely to, and so is limited by, current realities. ... This book does not focus on the structural character of drama in social life. ... Use of the term “conservative Christian” (or “Christian right”) has been questioned on the grounds that ideological ... and Religion U.K., 21 October 2017, accessed 2 July 20 ..."






Global and Insurgent Legalities Ser.
Feeling Like a State : Desire, Denial, and the Recasting of Authority
by Davina Cooper
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Duke Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-1-4780-0413-4, ISBN: 1-4780-0413-4

"Davina Cooper explores the unexpected contribution a legal drama of withdrawal--as exemplified by some conservative Christians who deny people inclusion, goods, and services to LGBTQ individuals--might make to conceptualizing a more ..."






Feeling Like a State
Desire, Denial, and the Recasting of Authority (Global and Insurgent Legalities)
by Davina Cooper
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Duke University Press Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-4780-0474-5, ISBN: 1-4780-0474-6

"A transformative progressive politics requires the state's reimagining. But how should the state be reimagined, and what can invigorate this process? In Feeling Like a State, Davina Cooper explores the unexpected contribution a legal drama of withdrawal might make to conceptualizing a more socially just, participative state. In recent years, as gay rights have expanded, some conservative Christians—from charities to guesthouse owners an ..."






Everyday Utopias
The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces (Hardcover)
by Davina Cooper
Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2014 by Duke University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-5555-7, ISBN: 0-8223-5555-8

""Everyday Utopias" explores how everyday utopias--sites enacting commonplace activities in egalitarian, democratic, or emancipatory ways--contribute to a transformative politics through the concepts they put into practice and inspire."






Everyday Utopias
The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces
by Davina Cooper
296 Pages, Published 2013 by Duke University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-7715-3, ISBN: 0-8223-7715-2

"The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces Davina Cooper. chaPter 8 markeT play aT speakers' Corner It's spitting rain intermittently, and Speakers' Corner is relatively quiet. About nine men are speaking, most on stepladders. One sings; another stands silently holding the Good News Bible. A woman rants at a large crowd. All I can hear is the same word over and over: disgrace. A younger Marxist talks about investment, strikes, profit, ..."






Everyday Utopias
The Conceptual Life of Promising Spaces
by Davina Cooper
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2013 by Duke University Press Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-5569-4, ISBN: 0-8223-5569-8

"Everyday utopias enact conventional activities in unusual ways. Instead of dreaming about a better world, participants seek to create it. As such, their activities provide vibrant and stimulating contexts for considering the terms of social life, of how we live together and are governed. Weaving conceptual theorizing together with social analysis, Davina Cooper examines utopian projects as seemingly diverse as a feminist bathhouse, stat ..."






Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Challenging Diversity : Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference
by Davina Cooper
Published 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-511-48876-4, ISBN: 0-511-48876-9






Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Challenging Diversity : Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference
by Davina Cooper
Published 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-511-20759-4, ISBN: 0-511-20759-X






Challenging Diversity
Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference
by Davina Cooper
Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-511-21117-1, ISBN: 0-511-21117-1






Challenging Diversity
Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference
by Davina Cooper
Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-511-21654-1, ISBN: 0-511-21654-8






Challenging Diversity(1st Edition)
Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
by Davina Cooper, Dominic Cooper, Steven Seidman
Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2004 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53954-8, ISBN: 0-521-53954-4

"What challenges are presented by the claim that diversity should be celebrated? How should equality politics respond to controversial constituencies, such as smokers and sports hunters, when they position themselves as disadvantaged? Challenging Diversity brings a new and original approach to key issues facing social, political and cultural theory. Critically engaging with feminist, radical democratic and liberal scholarship, the book a ..."






Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Challenging Diversity: Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference. Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
by Davina Cooper
Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-1-280-54029-5, ISBN: 1-280-54029-X






Challenging Diversity
Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
by Davina Cooper, Professor Steven Seidman
Hardcover, 246 Pages, Published 2004 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-83183-3, ISBN: 0-521-83183-0

"Davina Cooper addresses major questions currently facing political and social theory, particularly in relation to debates about diversity. These questions concern how we identify the boundaries of legitimate forms of difference, and understand equality and inequality as well as the challenges of sustaining differing progressive practices. Cooper links theoretical discussion to specific conflicts over social and cultural issues, such as ..."






Governing Out of Order
Space, Law and the Politics of Belonging
by Davina Cooper
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Rivers Oram Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-85489-102-0, ISBN: 1-85489-102-2






Power in Struggle
Feminism, Sexuality and the State
by Davina Cooper
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1995 by Open University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-335-19212-0, ISBN: 0-335-19212-2






Power in Struggle
Feminism, Sexuality and the State
by Davina Cooper
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1995 by Open Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-335-19211-3, ISBN: 0-335-19211-4

"Drawing on feminist, poststructuralist and Marxist theory, this book develops a framework for understanding power relations within fields as diverse as queer activism, municipal politics and the regulation of lesbian reproduction. Cooper explores the relationship between power, sexuality and the state and, in the process, provides a radical rethinking of these concepts and their interactions. The book concludes with a discussion of how ..."






Power in Struggle
Feminism, Sexuality and the State (Hardback)
by Davina Cooper
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1995 by New York University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-1526-0, ISBN: 0-8147-1526-5






Sexing the City
Lesbian and Gay Politics Within the Activist State
by Davina Cooper
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1994 by Rivers Oram Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-85489-056-6, ISBN: 1-85489-056-5



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