Reckoning : Black Lives Matter and the democratic necessity of social movements /

Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements is an analysis of the emergence of the Movement for Black Lives, its organizational structure and culture, and its strategies and tactics, while also laying out and contextualizing the social movement's unique politi...

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Main Author: Woodly, Deva R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022].
Series:Transgressing boundaries.
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Summary:Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements is an analysis of the emergence of the Movement for Black Lives, its organizational structure and culture, and its strategies and tactics, while also laying out and contextualizing the social movement's unique political philosophy, Radical Black Feminist Pragmatism, along with documenting measurable political effects in terms of changing public meanings, public opinion and policy. Throughout the text, the author interweaves theoretical and empirical observations, rendering both an illustration of this movement and an analysis of the work social movements do in democracy.
Physical Description:xx, 283 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0197603955
9780197603956
0197603947
9780197603949