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The book examines the mechanisms of stigmatisation, taboo and gossip, monopolisation of power, collective fantasy and "we" and "they" images which support and reinforce divisions in society. Developing aspects of Norbert Elias's thinking that relate his work to current sociological concerns, it presents the fullest elaboration of his concepts of mutual identification and functional democratisation.Elias, Norbert is the author of 'Established and the Outsiders A Sociological Enquiry into Community Problems', published 1995 under ISBN 9780803979499 and ISBN 0803979495.
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