Open Hand, Closed Fist

Practices of Undocumented Organizing in a Hostile State

Kathryn Abrams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2022
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-38442-2 (ISBN)

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How does a group that lacks legal status organize its members to become effective political activists? In the early 2000s, Arizona's campaign of "attrition through enforcement" aimed to make life so miserable for undocumented immigrants that they would "self-deport." Undocumented activists resisted hostile legislation, registered thousands of new Latino voters, and joined a national movement to advance justice for immigrants. Drawing on five years of observation and interviews with activists in Phoenix, Arizona, Kathryn Abrams explains how the practices of storytelling, emotion cultures, and performative citizenship fueled this grassroots movement. Together these practices produced both the "open hand" (the affective bonds among participants) and the "closed fist" (the pragmatic strategies of resistance) that have allowed the movement to mobilize and sustain itself over time.

Kathryn Abrams is Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2022
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-38442-3 / 0520384423
ISBN-13	978-0-520-38442-2 / 9780520384422
Zustand	Neuware