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Book SynopsisThe 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests highlighted with sharp clarity the role of race in social conflict and social movements. Building on more than a century of political and sociological scholarship, Race and Space considers the connections between race as a descriptor of physical differences between humans and space as a geographic location, and their subsequent impact on the human experience.
The chapters address racialized issues spanning from how the characteristics of our community shape whether we experience police or immigrant violence, whether first-hand experience (or lack thereof) of this violence is likely to shape one’s choice to engage in ethno-racial justice activism, to analysing how the space of the prison shapes one’s sense of self and political possibility post-incarceration. Drawing together key drivers of activism such as flaws within the criminal justice system, race, ethnicity, and citizenship, this collection demonstrates how these elements interact to shape immigration policy and the experience of being accepted as a full member of one’s society.
Emphasising location-specific human experience and incorporating insights from geography, Race and Space’s careful study of the differences of physical spaces gives rise to more complete explanations for social issues and variances in social movements.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Lisa Leitz
Section I. Race
Chapter 1. Racial Capitalism and Black Social Movements; Crystal Nicole Eddins
Chapter 2. Inequities in Movement-Making: A Socio-structural Organizational Analysis of a Movement Organization Case; Callie Watkins Liu
Section II. Race & Space
Chapter 3. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: A Spatial Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Incidents of Police Violence; Ashley N. Jackson
Chapter 4. Organizing a Weak Anti-prison Movement? Surrogate Representation and Political Pacification at a Nonprofit Prison Reentry Organization; Jonathan J.B. Mijs
Chapter 5. Sustained Mobilization for Immigrant Rights: A Comparative Case Study of the San Joaquin Valley; Maria de Jesus Mora
Section III. Space
Chapter 6. Climatic Conditions and Internal Armed Conflicts: An Empirical Study; Mehdi Shiva, Hassan Molana, and Andrzej Kwiatkowski
Chapter 7. It’s All About Timing: Temporal Dynamics in the Protest-Repression Nexus in Pinochet’s Chile, 1982–1989; Felipe Sánchez-Barría
