Racialized Protest and the State: Resistance and Repression in a Divided America

This book provides an up-to-date overview of ethnic and racial movements in the US, examining the Black Lives movement, mainstream Black organizations, Mexican-American Dreamer groups, immigrant-rights mobilizations, Arab-American resistance, and White nationalism. It considers the state context, multiciplicity of state players, and roles of hostile civic actors, and offers a cutting-edge analysis of social movements and protest in complex Western societies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume brings together esteemed scholars from the fields of social movements and protest to provide a timely and insightful examination of several key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States. By contextualizing these movements within a rapidly evolving and often challenging state context, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of the organizations, strategies, and challenges faced by the Black Lives movement, mainstream Black organizations, Mexican-American Dreamer groups, immigrant-rights mobilizations, Arab-American resistance, and White nationalism.

Drawing upon empirical studies that are interconnected by their engagement with theories of social movement and protest, particularly recent trends that highlight the dynamic relations among social movement groups and organizations, Racialized Protest and the State also explores the multiplicity of state players and the roles of hostile civic actors who oppose the movements' challenges.

As a cutting-edge analysis of an increasingly significant dimension of contentious politics in complex and diverse Western societies, this book appeals to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in social movements, nonviolent resistance, protest campaigns, and ethnic mobilization.

The Black Lives movement, mainstream Black organizations, the Mexican-American Dreamer groups, immigrant-rights mobilizations, Arab-American resistance, and White nationalism are all examined by situating them in a rapidly evolving and—in many ways—increasingly unfavorable state context. With empirical studies linked by their dialogue with theories of social movement and protest, and, in particular, recent trends that emphasize the dynamic relations among social movement groups and organizations, Racialized Protest and the State also considers the multiciplicity of state players and the roles of hostile civic actors who oppose the movements' challenges.

A cutting-edge analysis of an increasingly important dimension of contentious politics in complex and diverse Western societies, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in social movements, nonviolent resistance, protest campaigns, and ethnic mobilization.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367514525