Racialized Protest and the State: Resistance and Repression in a Divided America - Paperback

by Hank Johnston (Editor), Pamela Oliver (Editor)

Bringing together leading scholars of social movements and protest, this volume offers an up-to-date overview of several of the key ethnic and racial movements in the contemporary United States.

Author Biography

Hank Johnston is Professor of Sociology and Hansen Chair of Peace and Nonviolence Studies at San Diego State University, USA. His recent books include Social Movements, Nonviolent Resistance, and the State, What is a Social Movement?, and States and Social Movements.

Pamela Oliver was the Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and is now Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an internationally recognized scholar of social movements and protest, and author of numerous research articles in sociology's leading journals.