Abstract
ABSTRACTWhat is the role of law and legality in social resilience? This review essay highlights how a sociology of law, culture, and institutions underwrites many of the findings of Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil & Israel. The book provides a trenchant analysis of group boundaries, stigma, and destigmatization across three cities worldwide. I suggest that in addition to the role of formal law and legal constraints that the book identifies, we can attend to how legality offers a repertoire for resilience on which people draw when faced with stigma, discrimination, or contentious situations, even when formal law falls short. In this way, combining a sociology of law with a sociology of culture can provide us with an understanding of how societies offer social resilience, and how this resource varies across social, national, and legal contexts.
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