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How elites ate the social justice movement / Fredrik deBoer.
"An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future. In How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement, Fredrik deBoer explores why these passionate movements failed and how they could succeed in the future. In the digital age, social movements flare up but then lose steam through a lack of tangible goals, the inherent moderating effects of our established institutions and political parties, and the lack of any real grassroots movement in contemporary America. Hidden beneath the rhetoric of the oppressed and the symbolism of the downtrodden lies the inconvenient fact that those doing the organizing, messaging, protesting, and campaigning are predominantly drawn from this country's more upwardly mobile educated classes. Poses are more important than policies. DeBoer lays out an alternative vision for how society's winners can contribute to social justice movements without taking them over, and how activists and their organizations can become more resistant to the influence of elites, nonprofits, corporations, and political parties." --Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668016015
- ISBN: 166801601X
- ISBN: 9781668016022
- ISBN: 1668016028
- Physical Description: vii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Whatever happened to 2020? -- BPMCLM: Black Lives Matter and the inevitability of elite capture -- My protest, your riot -- The nonprofit industrial complex -- #MemeToo -- Meet the goodies: why are liberals the way they are? -- Why is class first? -- To fight for everyone. |
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| Subject: | Social movements > United States. Social justice > United States. Elite (Social sciences) > United States. United States > Social conditions > 21st century. |
| Genre: | Informational works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Baker Richland Branch | 303.4840973 .D287h 2023 (Text) | 37814003598001 | NON-FICTION - NEW | Available | - | ||
| Hood River County Library | 303.372 DEB 2023 (Text) | 33892100939876 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
