Social Movements and the Law

Talking about Black Lives Matter and #MeToo
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-520-38517-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 139 mm, Gewicht: 364 g

Black Lives Matter and #MeToo are two of the most prominent twenty-first-century social movements in the United States. On the ground and on social media, more people have taken an active stance in support of either or both movements than almost any others in the country's history. Social Movements and the Law brings together the voices of twelve scholars and public intellectuals to explore how Black Lives Matter and #MeToo unfolded—separately and together—and how they enrich, inform, and complicate each other. Structured in dialogues and punctuated with informative text boxes, illustrations, and discussion questions, this accessible guide to an increasingly influential area of the law centers rich intersectional analysis of both movements and prompts readers to undertake further reflection and conversation. At a time of heightened public attention to the broader implications of human social behavior and interaction, this book shows rather than tells how people with different perspectives can engage one another with open minds and generosity of spirit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crawford, Bridget J.

Inniss, Lolita Buckner

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Antidiskriminierung (AGG), Gleichbehandlung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

INTRODUCTION
Locating Black Lives Matter and #MeToo in Social and Legal Reform Movements

1. DIALOGUE
Historical and Contemporary Contexts of the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo Movements

2. DIALOGUE
Comparing the Movements: Goals, Assumptions, and Methods of Black Lives Matter
and #MeToo

3. DIALOGUE
Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Transformation

4. DIALOGUE
Missing Voices and the Quest for Historic Unity and Inclusivity

5. DIALOGUE
Defining Success

6. DIALOGUE
Black Lives Matter and #MeToo: Law, Culture, and Possibilities for Change

CONCLUSION

Continuing Conversations about Law, Social Movements, Black Lives Matter, and #MeToo

Selected Key Readings

Figure Credits

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lolita Buckner Inniss is the Dean and Provost's Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. She is the author of The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson and numerous other articles and book chapters, and is the United States Special Rapporteur to the International Academy of Comparative Law.

Bridget J. Crawford is a University Distinguished Professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. She is the coauthor of Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods and a co-convener of the U.S. Feminist Judgments Project.