Structure and agency in emancipatory reform
A blueprint from a Black union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24236181 |
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| Authors | Benjamin T Lynerd (0000-0002-0687-6893, Department of Political Science Christopher Newport University 1 Avenue of the Arts Newport News Virginia USA) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-10-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajps.70090 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The National Labor Convention of 1869, the first of its kind for African American workers, yielded a grand strategy for achieving full emancipation, in which those long subjected to domination might attain durable independence. Drawing upon decades of Black republican thought, this agenda combined macro‐level reforms targeting agrarian and industrial monopolies with micro‐level interventions into the habits of the working class. While the project fell short, its multivalent approach nevertheless offers republican theorists today a framework for better understanding the structural dynamics of domination and how to overcome them.
Justice by Means of Democracy
Republicanism and Structural Domination
Interpersonal and Structural Domination
Freedom as Marronage
A Preface to Economic Democracy
“A Natural Right to the Soil”
Emancipation, the Ager Publicus , and Black Political Thought
Myth-making as labor history
Abolishing structural domination
Slavery and Freedom in Theory and Practice
| Highly cited | No |
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