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Difference and Social Structure: Iris Young's Legacy of a Critical Social Theory of Gender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2008

S. Laurel Weldon
S. Laurel Weldon
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Purdue University
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Iris Young was a wide-ranging political and social theorist whose works transformed the study of democratic theory, theories of justice, multiculturalism, nationalism, and group rights, among others—all of this in addition to her enormous contribution to feminist theory. Young left not only specific substantive legacies but also her method as a critical social theorist: She sought to undertake projects that helped make sense of the claims and analyses made by progressive social movements, including feminist movements, by providing a philosophical grounding for those claims and analyses. She trained her critical eye on political and social institutions, aiming to expose relations of domination and other injustices.

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 311 - 317
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2008

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