An Ethnography of Gun Violence Prevention Activists
“We are Thinking People”
Seiten
2018
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5504-3 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5504-3 (ISBN)
This book analyzes how activists in the gun violence prevention movement construct their own identities. Drawing on two years of ethnographic participatory research and interviews of activists in the movement, the relationships between self, group, and movement identity is explored.
This work builds on established literature that is centered on how the activists see themselves, their groups, and the national movement promoting gun violence prevention. This study focuses on two contemporary social organizations that are working on the state level, who view themselves as ‘gun violence prevention’ advocates. Both of these groups are similar in their state focus of advocacy of gun violence prevention in a northeastern state in the United States. However, the two groups have two distinct memberships, missions, and hierarchies to carry out the activism. Although each organization shares similar visions of long term goals of a reduction of gun violence, each prioritizes the path to get there differently. Additionally, there are some explicit and implicit tensions between the movements that the activists both verbalize and ‘act out’ at rallies and public events. The focus on the conflict between activists within the larger movement of gun violence prevention activists is important, but do not necessarily thwart all progress for the cause. Rather, tension between the groups creates a reassessment of individual group goals and strategies that may be the most essential to advance the cause.
This work builds on established literature that is centered on how the activists see themselves, their groups, and the national movement promoting gun violence prevention. This study focuses on two contemporary social organizations that are working on the state level, who view themselves as ‘gun violence prevention’ advocates. Both of these groups are similar in their state focus of advocacy of gun violence prevention in a northeastern state in the United States. However, the two groups have two distinct memberships, missions, and hierarchies to carry out the activism. Although each organization shares similar visions of long term goals of a reduction of gun violence, each prioritizes the path to get there differently. Additionally, there are some explicit and implicit tensions between the movements that the activists both verbalize and ‘act out’ at rallies and public events. The focus on the conflict between activists within the larger movement of gun violence prevention activists is important, but do not necessarily thwart all progress for the cause. Rather, tension between the groups creates a reassessment of individual group goals and strategies that may be the most essential to advance the cause.
Teal Rothschild is professor of sociology at Roger Williams University.
Preface
Introduction: Mobilization and Gun Violence Prevention
Part I: Gun Violence Prevention Activists and Identity
Chapter 1: Activism and Individual Identity
Chapter 2: Culture of Organization in Gun Violence Prevention
Chapter 3: Power and Interaction: Movement Scripts and Emotion
Part II: Contradictions and Position in Social Movements
Chapter 4: On the Ground Activist Ethnography
Chapter 5: Reflections on gun violence prevention activism
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 358 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-5504-7 / 1498555047 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-5504-3 / 9781498555043 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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