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9780742510579

Forging Radical Alliances across Difference Coalition Politics for the New Millennium

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742510579

  • ISBN10:

    0742510573

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-11-12
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $177.00

Summary

As we enter the twenty-first century, scholars, activists, and others concerned with social change increasingly realize that in order to transform society effective coalitions among different groups working for social justice need to be created and maintained. This anthology challenges dominant approaches of explaining social movements and coalition building.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Foreword xiii
John Stoltenberg
Introduction
1(20)
Jill M. Bystydzienski
Steven P. Schacht
Part I: Theoretical Perspectives
Multiple Identity and Coalition Building: How Identity Differences within Us Enable Radical Alliances among Us
21(14)
Edwina Barvosa-Carter
The Dream of Common Differences: Coalitions, Progressive Politics, and Black Feminist Thought
35(14)
Cynthia Burack
From Mere Solidarity to Mirror Solidarity: Building Alliances on Perceptual Ground
49(14)
Nancy Barta-Smith
Part II: Barriers to Coalition Formation
Collaborating across Difference: From Theory and Rhetoric to the Hard Reality of Building Coalitions
63(14)
Sandra J. Bell
Mary E. Delaney
Building Alliances between Immigrant Rights and Queer Movements
77(14)
Eithne Luibheid
Sasha Khokha
``Isms'' and AIDS: Transforming Multicultural Coalitions into Radical Alliances
91(16)
Sofia Quintero
Part III: Local Community-Based Coalitions
The Challenges and Rewards of Coalition Building: Pittsburgh's Alliance for Progressive Action
107(13)
Jerold M. Starr
Party Time? Building a Progressive Electoral Movement: A Case for the New Party
120(13)
Paul Haber
Organizing for Democracy through Faith-Based Institutions: The Industrial Areas Foundation in Action
133(13)
J. Rick Altemose
Dawn A. McCarty
``Let's Not Create Evilness for This River'': Interethnic Environmental Alliances of Native Americans and Rural Whites in Northern Wisconsin
146(17)
Zoltan Grossman
Part IV: Feminist Coalitions
Anti-Rape Coalitions: Radical, Liberal, Black, and White Feminists Challenging Boundaries
163(14)
Maria Bevacqua
Negotiating Differences: Singaporean Women Building and Ethics of Respect
177(14)
Lenore Lyons
Feminist Women and (Pro) Feminist Men: Moving from an Uneasy to a Radical Alliance
191(16)
Steven P. Schacht
Doris W. Ewing
Part V: Student Coalitions
Reasons to Resist: Coalition Building at Indiana University
207(13)
Christopher Bickel
Building Community amid the Ruins: Strategies for Struggle from the Coalition for Justice at Southampton College
220(15)
Corey Dolgon
Part VI: International Coalitions
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered International Alliances: The Perils of Success
235(14)
Mark Ungar
Coalitions Working for Social Justice: Transnational NGOs and International Governance
249(16)
Pauline P. Cullen
Index 265(6)
About the Contributors 271

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