The Dynamics of Repression and Insurgent Practice in the Black Liberation Struggle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2227952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Bloom (0000-0001-7654-7828, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-259 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/711672 |
| OpenAlex | W3110227652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 102 |
When authorities repress insurgents, does it quell their rebellion? Classic approaches to this question yielded inconsistent results because they sought to generalize repressive effects without accounting for the practices repressed. This article proposes that insurgent practices that draw allied support in a given historic context evade the de-escalatory capacity of repression. The article assesses the effects of repression on odds of remobilization for various forms of Black insurgent practice in the postwar United States, comparing the impact on civil rights protests and urban uprisings between 1954 and 1992, before checking final models on out-of-sample data. Generalizing the dynamics of practice better accounts for the evidence, transcending invariant models to explain social process without devolving to ideographic analysis
Archaeology · Civil rights · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Dynamics (music) · Geography · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Psychological repression · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Race, History, and American Society
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| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |