Description
Book SynopsisThe 43rd Volume of
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change continues the series' tradition of publishing peer reviewed chapters, which advance our understanding of peace, political contention, and social change, by offering new ways to research and theorize attempts to challenge divides. Dedicated to the memory of Gregory M. Maney,
Bringing Down Divides engages with and continues Maney's work on international conflicts, peace and justice movements, and community-based research.
The volume is organized around three types of divides:
- Attributional divides, meaning the quality or feature of people around which resources, rights, and powers are distributed unequally, such as race, gender, and ethno-nationality.
- Ideological divides which encompass the systems of meaning, ideas, and beliefs that split and polarize people, such as conservative vs. progressive and antiwar vs. pro-war.
- Epistemological divides, namely the types, productions, and usages of knowledge over which conflicts occur, such as the academic-activist divide.
The contributions to each of these sections focus on a variety of global issues, including the changing nature of political murals in Northern Ireland; armed actors' responses to civilian demands in Colombian peace territories; boundary-blurring in Turkey's leftwing-Islamist movement; and community-based action research. This makes
Bringing Down Divides essential reading for those working and researching within the social movement field.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking about Divides;
Lisa Leitz & Eitan AlimiSection I: Attributional Divides Chapter 1. (Lead Chapter)
Paramilitary Public Symbolic Displays in Northern Ireland: A Content and Geospatial Analysis;
Gregory M. Maney, Lee A. Smithey & Joshua Satre Chapter 2.
Endeavoring to Change History: Palestinian-led Transnational Coalitions in the Occupied West Bank;
Michelle Gawerc Chapter 3.
'As We Come Marching': Framing Amplification and Transformation Through Songs and Poetry;
William F. Danaher and Trisha L. Crawshaw Section II: Ideological Divides Chapter 4. (Lead Chapter)
Religion, Ideology, and Support for Nonviolent Revolutionary Struggles: A Comparison of Catholic Leaders in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador in the 1970s-1980s;
Sharon Erickson Nepstad Chapter 5.
Boundary Blurring as Collective Identity Formation? The Case of the Left-Wing Islamists in Turkey;
Mustafa Yavaş Chapter 6.
Armed Actors' Responses to Civilian Demands in Three Colombian Peace Territories;
Cécile Mouly, Esperanza Hernández Delgado and María Belén Garrido Chapter 7.
The Benefits of Organizational Diversity: Resource Exchange and Collaboration among Women’s Groups in New Delhi, India;
Vera Heuer Section III: Epistemological Divides Chapter 8. (Lead Chapter)
Social Movement Research With Whom: Potential Contributions of Community-based Research Methods; Charlotte Ryan and Gregory Squires Chapter 9. Engaged Academics as Activist Professionals: Privilege and Humility in Addressing Knowledge Divides;
Pamela Oliver Afterword:
Challenging divisions and harnessing hope in the scholarly life of Gregory Maney;
Patrick G. Coy and Lynne M. Woehrle
