Solidarity in Practice

Moral Protest and the US Security State

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvChandra Russo,New York) Russo, Chandra (Colgate University

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Cross-border solidarity has captured the interest and imagination of scholars, activists and a range of political actors in such contested areas as the US-Mexico border and Guantanamo Bay. Chandra Russo examines how justice-seeking solidarity drives activist communities contesting US torture, militarism and immigration policies. Through compelling and fresh ethnographic accounts, Russo follows these activists as they engage in unusual and high risk forms of activism (fasting, pilgrimage, civil disobedience). She explores their ideas of solidarity and witnessing, which are central to how the activists explain their activities. This book adds to our understanding of solidarity activism under new global arrangements, and illuminates the features of movement activity that deepen activists' commitment by helping their lives feel more humane, just and meaningful. Based on participant observation, interviews, surveys and hundreds of courtroom statements, Russo develops a new theorization of solidarity that will take a central place in social movement studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-11-15
Mått153 x 227 x 13 mm
Vikt310 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Antal sidor220
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108460996

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Chandra Russo is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colgate University, New York, where she teaches courses in social movements, activism and anti-racism. Before earning her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, she spent several years working on immigrant justice issues in New York State, Central Mexico and Colorado. Her research and writing on these matters has been published in numerous venues, including Mobilization, Race & Class, Interface, and the Denver Post.

'Chandra Russo shows how activists use prayer, pilgrimages, fasting, and time in jail to express themselves politically. Their witness, through sacrifice, dramatizes important issues and deepens the activist commitment to change. Solidarity in Practice is bold and gripping, and particularly timely.' David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine, and author of The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America