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Israeli-Palestinian Activism
When do words and actions empower? When do they betray? Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this volume tracks the repercussions of advocacy activism against house demolitions in 'unrecognised' Arab-Bedouin villages in Israel's southern 'internal frontier'. It highlights the repercussions of activism for victims, fund-raisers and activists. The ethnographic episodes show how humanitarian aid intervention and indigenous identity politics can turn into a double-edged sword. Ironically, institutional lobbying for coexistence and its interpretative categories can sometimes perpetuate different forms of subjugation. The volume also shows how, beyond the institutional lobbying, novel figures of activ...
Social Movement Dynamics
This book presents an overview of new approaches to the study of social movements emerging out of Latin America, based on original and innovative analyses of the recent changes in collective action across the region. The authors analyze a broad set of countries and social movements, while focusing on three key theoretical debates: the interactions between routine and contentious politics, the relationship between protest and context, and the organizational configurations of social movements.
Austerity and Protest
What is the relationship between economic crises and protest behaviour? Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defined, create a greater potential for protest? With protest movements and events such as the Indignados and the Occupy Movement receiving a great deal of attention in the media and in the popular imaginary in recent times, this path-breaking book offers a rigorously-researched, evidence-based set of chapters on the relationship between austerity and protest. In so doing, it provides a thorough overview of different theories, mechanisms, patterns and trends which will contextualize more recent developments, and provide a pivotal point of reference on th...
Position beziehen, Haltung zeigen!?
Inwiefern können, wollen und sollten sich Wissenschaftler:innen in ihrer professionellen Rolle gegenüber ihren Feldern und zu ethischen oder politischen Fragen öffentlich positionieren? Und wie wirkt sich dies auf unterschiedliche Aspekte des Forschungsprozesses und die anschließende Dissemination der Ergebnisse aus? Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten diese Fragen, die in beiden ethnologischen Disziplinen seit Jahrzehnten Gegenstand methodologischer und forschungsethischer Debatten sind, sowohl theoretisch als auch anhand konkreter Fallstudien. Sie beziehen sich dabei auf so unterschiedliche Felder wie Forschungen in Palästina, Präimplantationsdiagnostik, Volkstanz oder Ethnografien von Jugendbanden und rechten Bewegungen. Die dabei aufscheinenden Dilemmata und Zielkonflikte, Lösungsansätze und Formen des Umgangs mit dem Themenkomplex zeigen, dass Positionierungen und Haltungen oftmals selbst Effekte des Forschungsprozesses sind. Sie sind nicht vorab gegeben, sondern entfalten sich unter jeweils spezifischen Rahmenbedingungen und Situiertheiten dynamisch in der Interaktion zwischen Forschenden, Feldpartner:innen und institutionellen wie gesellschaftlichen Kontexten.
The Rise and Fall of Human Rights
The Rise and Fall of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world—its NGOs, activists, and "victims," as well as their politics, training, and discourse—since 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, in failing to end the Israeli occupation, protect basic human rights, or establish an accountable Palestinian government, the human rights industry has become the object of cynicism for many Palestinians. But far from indicating apathy, such cynicism generates a productive critique of domestic politics and Western interventionism. This book illuminates the successes and failures of Palestinians' varied engagements with human rights in their quest for independence.
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Engaging Contradictions
Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their informants directly into the process of knowledge production. What ethical, political, and practical tensions arise in the course of such work? In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholar-activists map the terrain on which political engagement and academic rigor meet. Contributors: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Edmund T. Gordon, Davydd Greenwood, Joy James, Peter Nien-chu Kiang, George Lipsitz, Samuel Martínez, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Dani Nabudere, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Jemima Pierre, Laura Pulido, Shannon Speed, Shirley Suet-ling Tang, João Vargas
Globalization
For the first time in human history, the vast majority of the world's population is connected through trade, travel, production, media and politics. Ours is an era of ubiquitous mobile communication, economic outsourcing, mass migration and imported consumer goods. At the same time, people everywhere are concerned to keep their identities rooted and sense of place in the face of momentous change. This new edition of Thomas Hylland Eriksen's concise and engaging landmark textbook outlines the main debates and controversies around globalization, and develops a unique perspective to show how globalization is an inherently double process, taking place both from above and below. Each chapter is supported by boxed case studies and bullet points summarizing the core information, suggestions for further reading, and essay and discussion questions, making this the ideal guide for both the classroom and independent study. Focusing on key concepts of globalization and drawing on international examples, this book is essential for anyone wishing to understand the fundamental processes underlying the contemporary world and the consequences these have for all of us.
