Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index.
Contents:
1. Mobilized by Injustice -- The puzzle -- The argument -- Legacies of resistance -- Rethinking contemporary carceral politics -- Methods and text overview -- 2. The political consequences of distrust -- Introduction -- Identifying personal and proximal contact -- The civic education of contact -- The political consequences of a sense of injustice -- Community raised organizations and participation -- Race conditions a sense of injustice -- Conclusion -- 3. The political logic of injustice -- Introduction -- Externalizing contact as a sense of injustice -- The participatory consequences of contact -- An institutional mechanism to participation -- Conclusion -- 4. Injustice in black and white -- Introduction -- The targeted nature of preemptive policing -- Race and class injustice narratives -- Narratives of injustice and participation -- Conclusion -- 5. Policing Latinos -- Introduction -- Localizing federal immigration policy -- The material impacts of targeted enforcement -- The political impacts of targeted enforcement -- The behavioral consequences of injustice -- Conclusion -- 6. "All prisoners are political" -- Introduction -- Implications -- Directions for future research -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Activated by injustice, members of over-policed communities lead the current movement for civil rights in the United States. Responding to decades of abuse by law enforcement and an excessive criminal justice system, activists protested police brutality in Ferguson, organized against stop-and-frisk in New York City, and fueled the rise of Black Lives Matter. Yet, scholars did not anticipate this resistance, instead anticipating the political withdrawal of marginalized citizens. In Mobilized by Injustice, Hannah L. Walker excavates the power of criminal justice to inspire political action. Mobilization results from the belief that one's experiences are a consequence of policies that target people like one's self on the basis of group affiliation like race, ethnicity and class. In order to identify how individuals connect their experiences to a collective struggle, Walker centralizes the voices of those most impacted by criminal justice, pairing personal narratives with analysis of several surveys. She finds that the mobilizing power of the criminal justice system is broad, crosses racial boundaries and extends to the loved ones of custodial citizens. Mobilized by Injustice offers a compelling account of the criminal justice system as a spark for the formation of a movement with the potential to remake American politics." -- Provided by publisher.
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