Forging Radical Alliances across Difference

Coalition Politics for the New Millennium

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

AvJill M. Bystydzienski,Steven P. Schacht

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As we enter the twenty-first century, scholars, activists and others concerned with social change increasingly realize that in order to transform society effective coalitions among different groups working for social justice need to be created and maintained. However, most of the research and writing about coalitions provide rather limited approaches to the study and understanding of radical alliances; i.e.: coalitions whose goals are to fundamentally change interpersonal relations and social structure in order to achieve equality and true social justice. This anthology challenges dominant approaches of explaining social movements and coalition building. Based on numerous case studies of alliances created between disparate peoples and among a variety of groups, the authors show that both resource mobilization theories and identity politics frameworks for the most part are inadequate for conceptualizing how alliances have been and can be created across boundaries of gender, race/ethnicity, class, nationality, ideology, sexual orientation, and age. The theoretical approach we propose suggests that coalitions are fluid sites of collective behavior where the blending of multiple identities with political activism interact with structural conditions to influence the development of commitments, strategies and specific actions. This analogy makes a contribution to a body of knowledge that aims to understand and explain how radical coalitions work in order to enable the development of visions and plans for change that advance and sustain political and social activity.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-11-12
Mått160 x 236 x 27 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742510579

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Part 1 PrefacePart 2 ForewordPart 3 1: IntroductionPart 4 I: Theoretical PerspectivesChapter 5 2: Multiple Identity and Coalition Building: How Identity Differences Within Us Enable Radical Alliances Among UsChapter 6 3: The Dream of Common Differences: Coalitions, Progressive Politics and Black Feminist ThoughtChapter 7 4: From Mere Solidarity to Mirror Solidarity: Building Alliances on Perceptual GroundPart 8 II: Barriers to Coalition FormationChapter 9 5: Collaborating Across Difference: From Theory and Rhetoric to the Hard Reality of Building CoalitionsChapter 10 6: Building Alliances Between Immigrant Rights and Queer MovementsChapter 11 7: "Isms" and AIDS: Transforming Multicultural Coalitions into Radical AlliancesPart 12 III: Local Community-Based CoalitionsChapter 13 8: The Challenge and Rewards of Coalition Building: Pittsburgh's Alliance for Progressive ActionChapter 14 9: Party Time? Building a Progressive Electoral Movement: A Case for the New PartyChapter 15 10: Organizing for Democracy Through Faith-Based Institutions: The Industrial Areas Foundation in ActionChapter 16 11: Let's Not Create Evilness for This River: Inter-Ethic Environmental Alliances of Native Americans and Rural Whites in Northern WisconsinPart 17 IV: Feminist CoalitionsChapter 18 12: Anti-Rape Coalitions: Radical, Liberal, and Black Feminists Challenging BoundariesChapter 19 13: Negotiating Difference: Singaporean Women Building an Ethics of RespectChapter 20 14: Feminist Women and (Pro) Feminist Men: Moving from an Uneasy to Radical AlliancePart 21 V: Student CoalitionsChapter 22 15: Reasons to Resist: Coalition Building at Indiana UniversityChapter 23 16: Building Community Amidst the Ruins: Strategies for Struggle from the Coalition for Justice at South Hampton CollegePart 24 VI: International CoalitionsChapter 25 17: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Alliances: The Perils of SuccessChapter 26 18: Coalitions Working for Social Justice: Transnational NGOs and International GovernancePart 27 Index