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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.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Tables
1: Repression, Mobilization, and the Cultural Construction of Rationality
2: A Brief History of the Policing of Dissent in the United States
3: Repression in the Eye of the Beholder
4: Shaping Experiences of Repression through Prevention, Preparation, and Support
5: “The Attempt Is Meaningful:” Redefining Protest’s Ends
6: Activist Identity Salience and Repression Resilience
7: Conclusion
Appendix
References
Notes
Index
About the author
HEIDI REYNOLDS-STENSON is an assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Her research focuses on social movements, repression, and policing. Her academic work has appeared in Mobilization, Social Movement Studies, American Behavioral Scientist, Social Currents, and Social Science Quarterly.
Summary
Through analysis of activists’ rich and often deeply moving experiences of repression and resistance, the book uncovers key group processes that shape how individuals understand, experience, and weigh the risks of participating in collective action.
