Political Activist Ethnography - Studies in the Social Relations of Struggle

As activists strategize, build resistance, and foster solidarity, they also call for better dialogue between researchers and movements and for research that can aid their causes. In this volume, contributors examine how research can produce knowledge for social transformation by using political activist ethnography, a unique social research strategy that uses political confrontation as a resource and focuses on moments and spaces of direct struggle to reveal how ruling regimes are organized so activists and social movements can fight them. Featuring research from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Bangladesh, Canada, Poland, South Africa, and the United States on matters as diverse as anti-poverty organizing, prisoners' re-entry, anti-fracking campaigns, left-inspired think-tank development, non-governmental partnerships, involuntary psychiatric admission, and perils of immigration medical examination, contributors to this volume adopt a “bottom-up� approach to inquiry to produce knowledge for activists, not about them. A must-read for humanities and social sciences scholars keen on assisting activists and advancing social change.

General

Imprint:	AU Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	November 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Agnieszka Doll • Laura Bisaillon • Kevin Walby
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-77199-398-2
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-77199-398-7
Barcode:	9781771993982

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