Joshua Bloom

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Contested Legitimacy in Ferguson: Nine Hours on Canfield DrivePaperback, 17 March 2022

Contested Legitimacy in Ferguson: Nine Hours on Canfield Drive
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Part of Series
Elements in Contentious Politics
Print Length
75 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
17 Mar 2022
ISBN-10
1009074865
ISBN-13
9781009074865

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At noon on August 9, 2014 when Michael Brown was killed on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, there was little protest. But by 9 pm, dozens were nonviolently defying police armed with military style weapons, armored vehicles, helicopters, and snarling dogs. The structural situation alone cannot account for the emergence of insurgency in Ferguson. To explain mobilization, I advance a theory of Contested Legitimacy. The stakes of each action by insurgents, authorities, and third parties for mobilization concern regulatory repression. Actions that undercut the validity of repression encourage mobilization. Video, photo, and textual data make it possible to unpack the complex interactive process of mobilization. Given longstanding grievances concerning racist policing in Ferguson, reclaiming the site where Michael Brown was killed on Canfield Drive as a memorial provided means to challenge unjust police authority. When police responded as accustomed- disproportionately, callous, and indiscriminate - their actions galvanized local Black support for activists.

Product Details

Author:
Joshua Bloom
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
17 March 2022
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 0.43 cm
ISBN-10:
1009074865
ISBN-13:
9781009074865
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
75
Weight:
122.47 gm

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