Institutional power structures both bestow and strip recognition of identities.
Evidence
The first of these, authorization, involves the affirmation or imposition of an identity through structures of institutionalized power and ideology, whether local or translocal. The counterpart of authorization, illegitimation, addresses the ways in which identities are dismissed, censored, or simply ignored by these same structures. — Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall, Identity and Interaction, 100
Categorization
- DEFINE: Concise definitions of Bucholtz & Hall’s authorization/illegitimation pair, useful for later reference in the identity literature.
- XREF: connects to: Identity-based actions can reshape political power structures without being intended as political — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4416; Social identities empower even when shaped by oppressive power relations. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 251; Identity and beliefs can be a product rather than a cause of institutional commitment — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 238 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- State recognition channels subordinate-group organization into state-defined categories
#exemplifies(0.85) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 572 - Identity construction of self and other is a political contest over power
#expands(0.85) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 838 - Identity’s political meaning derives from domination structures, not attachments themselves
#expands(0.85) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 2145 - Identities are reinforced by outsider-given labels
#expands(0.82) - Identity and beliefs can be a product rather than a cause of institutional commitment
#expands(0.80) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 238 - Recognition without redistributive power fails to secure freedom for marginalized groups
#qualifies(0.80) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 163 - Social identities empower even when shaped by oppressive power relations.
#expands(0.78) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 251 - Institutional power enables through constraint rather than disruption
#corroborates(0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1822 - Identity-based actions can reshape political power structures without being intended as political
#complicates(0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4416 - Power operates through symbolic influence while coercion abandons symbolic generalization
#expands(0.75)