Amy L. Atchison is associate professor of political science at Valparaiso University. Her work has appeared in journals such as Politics and Gender, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics, among others.Shauna L. Shames is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University–Camden. She is the author of Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why It Matters (2017) and coeditor of The Right Women: Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators (2018).

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Malice in Wonderland2. Defining Dystopia3. The Invisible Hand Strikes Again4. Strategies and Tactics of Dystopian Governments5. Individual Survival and Resistance6. The Resistance Will Not Be Intimidated7. Disintegrating the Oppressor8. Can You (Re)build It? Yes You Can!EpilogueNotesIndex

It is truly rare to find a text that so deftly serves as an introduction to core political concepts and political resistance in a way that will resonate with activists and students alike. Survive and Resist shows us how to be intellectually engaged with but not discouraged by ideas that often seem too overwhelming to examine in moments of political despair. It does so in a way that is rigorous and disarming, morally serious and fun. A must-read.

Amy L. Atchison is associate professor of political science at Valparaiso University. Her work has appeared in journals such as Politics and Gender, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics, among others.Shauna L. Shames is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University–Camden. She is the author of Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why It Matters (2017) and coeditor of The Right Women: Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators (2018).

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Malice in Wonderland2. Defining Dystopia3. The Invisible Hand Strikes Again4. Strategies and Tactics of Dystopian Governments5. Individual Survival and Resistance6. The Resistance Will Not Be Intimidated7. Disintegrating the Oppressor8. Can You (Re)build It? Yes You Can!EpilogueNotesIndex

It is truly rare to find a text that so deftly serves as an introduction to core political concepts and political resistance in a way that will resonate with activists and students alike. Survive and Resist shows us how to be intellectually engaged with but not discouraged by ideas that often seem too overwhelming to examine in moments of political despair. It does so in a way that is rigorous and disarming, morally serious and fun. A must-read.

Amy L. Atchison is associate professor of political science at Valparaiso University. Her work has appeared in journals such as Politics and Gender, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics, among others.Shauna L. Shames is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University–Camden. She is the author of Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why It Matters (2017) and coeditor of The Right Women: Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators (2018).

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Malice in Wonderland2. Defining Dystopia3. The Invisible Hand Strikes Again4. Strategies and Tactics of Dystopian Governments5. Individual Survival and Resistance6. The Resistance Will Not Be Intimidated7. Disintegrating the Oppressor8. Can You (Re)build It? Yes You Can!EpilogueNotesIndex

It is truly rare to find a text that so deftly serves as an introduction to core political concepts and political resistance in a way that will resonate with activists and students alike. Survive and Resist shows us how to be intellectually engaged with but not discouraged by ideas that often seem too overwhelming to examine in moments of political despair. It does so in a way that is rigorous and disarming, morally serious and fun. A must-read.