Institutional Transformations by Danielle Celermajer, Millice... - 9780367521790

Institutional TransformationsImagination, Embodiment, and Affect\nAuthor(s): Danielle Celermajer, Millicent Churcher, Moira Gatens\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367521790, 978-0367521790\nSynopsis\nFormal and informal institutions structure our social interactions by giving rise to normative expectations and patterns of collective behaviour. This collection grapples with how affect, imagination, and embodiment can operate to either constrain or enable the justice of institutions and the experiences of specific social identities.\n\nThis anthology explores the myriad ways institutions work to systematically disadvantage people with particular identities whilst privileging others, and considers the legal, political, and normative interventions that might serve to promote a more just society. Taken together, the chapters represent the scope of existing research within institutional theory, affect theory, race th.