Open hand, closed fist : practices of undocumented organizing in a hostile state /

"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 by enforcement" aimed to make life so miserable for undocumented immigrants that they would "self-deport." Undocu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Abrams, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects > History > 21st century.
Political activists > Arizona > History > 21st century.
Immigrants > Arizona > History > 21st century.
Emigration and immigration law > History > 21st century.
Activistes > Arizona > Histoire > 21e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration.
Emigration and immigration law
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects
Immigrants
Political activists
Arizona
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An unlikely movement in an unlikely place. Confronting "attrition through enforcement."
  • Building a movement of noncitizens : formative practices. Storytelling and emotion cultures in undocumented organizations
  • Performative citizenship and the Adios Arpaio campaign
  • Engaging the state : self-reliance and opposition. The oppositional awakening of the "undocumented and unafraid"
  • The oppositional citizenship of the Not1More deportation campaign
  • "America woke up in Arizona" : navigating the Trump years and beyond. The asset map of the movement
  • La lucha sigue : shifting strategies and building for a post-Trump future.

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