After black lives matter: policing and anti-capitalist struggle
"The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way Americans and the world think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? Cedric Johnson argues that this shortcoming was not simply due to the mercurial and reactiv...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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London New York
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2023
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In: | Year: 2023 |
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Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 21 A 3049 |
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Summary: | "The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way Americans and the world think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? Cedric Johnson argues that this shortcoming was not simply due to the mercurial and reactive character of the protests. Rather, the core of the movement itself failed to locate the central racial injustice that underpins the crisis of policing: socio-economic inequality"-- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
Physical Description: | 408 Seiten |
ISBN: | 9781804291672 |