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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodly, Deva R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022].
Series:Transgressing boundaries.
Subjects:
Black lives matter movement.
African American women > Political activity.
Social movements > United States.
Feminism.
Social change.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Who am I to write this movement?
  • Democratic precipice
  • Introduction: The democratic necessity of social movements
  • Emergence : a contemporary history
  • Political philosophy : radical black feminist pragmatism
  • The politics of care and the idea of healing justice
  • The art of organizing
  • Democratic possibility
  • Movement means changing politics : discourse, tactics, policy and a new political ecosystem
  • On futurity
  • Appendix A: Examples of bailouts and regular bailout actions
  • Appendix B: Organizations partnered with bail funds
  • Appendix C: Police oversight
  • Appendix D: Progressive reform prosecutors
  • Appendix E: Movement syllabi.