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Human Rights at Risk
Global Governance, American Power, and the Future of Dignity
Cultures of Resistance
Collective Action and Rationality in the Anti-Terror Age
Cultures of Resistance brings new insight to a key question: do government efforts to repress social movements effectively repress dissent, or do they spur mobilization? Through analyses of activists’ experiences of repression and resistance, the book uncovers processes that shape how individuals understand the risks of participating in collective action. Reynolds-Stenson demonstrates how individual rationality is collectively constructed.
Citizens against Crime and Violence
Societal Responses in Mexico
Branding Black Womanhood
Media Citizenship from Black Power to Black Girl Magic
Between Brown and Black
Anti-Racist Activism in Brazil
Activist Media
Documenting Movements and Networked Solidarity
The Cancer Within
Reproduction, Cultural Transformation, and Health Care in Romania
Stories That Bind
Political Economy and Culture in New India
Single Lives
Modern Women in Literature, Culture, and Film
