Western Political Science Association: Sociology and Social Movements
Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2023 annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.
BOOKS ON SALE
All books below are 40% off using code MNWPSA23. Code expires June 1, 2023.
BROWSE BOOKS:
PHILOSOPHY // POLITICAL AND SOCIAL THEORY // ENVIRONMENT
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS // ECONOMY // ETHNOGRAPHY
GOVERNMENT // PUBLIC POLICY // FOOD // EDUCATION // LAW
GENDER // RACE // HISTORY // GLOBALIZATION // URBAN STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS // HUMAN RIGHTS // LABOR
ANIMALS AND SOCIETY // SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Expelling Public Schools How Antiracist Politics Enable School Privatization in Newark John Arena 2023 Spring
- Exploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newark’s public school system
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The Unteachables Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education Keith A. Mayes 2022 Fall
- How special education used disability labels to marginalize Black students in public schools
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Against the Commons A Radical History of Urban Planning Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago 2022 Fall
- An alternative history of capitalist urbanization through the lens of the commons
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Fearing the Immigrant Racialization and Urban Policy in Toronto Parastou Saberi 2022 Fall
- A fascinating deep dive into one city’s urban policy—and the anxiety over immigrants that informs it
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A Voice but No Power Organizing for Social Justice in Minneapolis David Forrest 2022 Fall
- Examining the work of social justice groups in Minneapolis following the 2008 recession
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The School-Prison Trust Sabina Vaught, Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy and Jeremiah Chin 2022 Fall
- Considers colonial school–prison systems in relation to the self-determination of Native communities, nations, and peoples
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Justice at Work The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities Marc Doussard and Greg Schrock 2022 Spring
- A pathbreaking look at how progressive policy change for economic justice has swept U.S. cities
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On the Rural Economy, Sociology, Geography Henri Lefebvre Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, Editors 2022 Spring
- A collection of previously untranslated writings by Henri Lefebvre on rural sociology, situating his research in relation to wider Marxist work
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Spent behind the Wheel Drivers' Labor in the Uber Economy Julietta Hua and Kasturi Ray 2021 Fall
- Exploring professional passenger driving and the gig economy through feminist theories of labor
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We Are Meant to Rise Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura, Editors 2021 Fall
- A brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota
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Practicing Cooperation Mutual Aid beyond Capitalism Andrew Zitcer 2021 Fall
- A powerful new understanding of cooperation as an antidote to alienation and inequality
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Sickening Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States Anne Pollock 2021 Fall
- An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first century
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Why We Lost the Sex Wars Sexual Freedom in the #MeToo Era Lorna N. Bracewell 2021 Spring
- Reexamining feminist sexual politics since the 1970s—the rivalries and the remarkable alliances
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As We Have Always Done Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2021 Spring
- How to build Indigenous resistance movements that refuse the destructive thinking of settler colonialism
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Black Food Matters Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice Hanna Garth and Ashanté M. Reese, Editors 2020 Fall
- An in-depth look at Black food and the challenges it faces today
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Grocery Activism The Radical History of Food Cooperatives in Minnesota Craig B. Upright 2020 Spring
- A key period in the history of food cooperatives that continues to influence how we purchase organic food today
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Deadly Biocultures The Ethics of Life-Making Nadine Ehlers and Shiloh R. Krupar 2019 Fall
- A trenchant analysis of the dark side of regulatory life-making today
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Fair Trade Rebels Coffee Production and Struggles for Autonomy in Chiapas Lindsay Naylor 2019 Fall
- Reassessing interpretations of development with a new approach to fair trade
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Governance Feminism: Notes from the Field Notes from the Field Janet Halley, Prabha Kotiswaran, Rachel Rebouché and Hila Shamir, Editors 2019 Spring
- An interdisciplinary, multifaceted look at feminist engagements with governance across the global North and global South
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Fighting for NOW Diversity and Discord in the National Organization for Women Kelsy Kretschmer 2019 Spring
- An unparalleled exploration of NOW’s trajectory, from its founding to the present—and its future
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A Contest without Winners How Students Experience Competitive School Choice Kate Phillippo 2019 Spring
- Seeing the consequences of competitive school choice policy through students’ eyes
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The Fourth World An Indian Reality George Manuel and Michael Posluns 2018 Fall
- A foundational work of radical anticolonialism, back in print
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Conversations in Maine A New Edition Grace Lee Boggs, James Boggs, Freddy Paine and Lyman Paine 2018 Fall
- Meditations on activism following the turbulent 1960s—back in print
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The Eye of War Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone Antoine Bousquet 2018 Fall
- How perceptual technologies have shaped the history of war from the Renaissance to the present
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Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle Joshua Sbicca 2018 Fall
- A rallying cry to link the food justice movement to broader social justice debates
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Globalized Authoritarianism Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco Koenraad Bogaert 2018 Spring
- A rich investigation into Morocco’s urban politics
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Governance Feminism: An Introduction An Introduction Janet Halley, Prabha Kotiswaran, Rachel Rebouché and Hila Shamir 2018 Spring
- Describing and assessing feminist inroads into the state
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The River Is in Us Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community Elizabeth Hoover 2017 Fall
- The riveting story of the Mohawk community that fought back against the contamination of its lands
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When the Hills Are Gone Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community Thomas W. Pearson 2017 Fall
- An overlooked part of fracking’s environmental impact becomes a window into the activists and industrial interests fighting for the future of energy production—and the fate of rural communities
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A Curriculum of Fear Homeland Security in U.S. Public Schools Nicole Nguyen 2016 Fall
- Winner: American Association of Geographers Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography
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Foucault in Iran Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi 2016 Fall
- A groundbreaking reassessment of Foucault’s writings on one of the greatest political upheavals of our time
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Building Dignified Worlds Geographies of Collective Action Gerda Roelvink 2016 Spring
- Long before the Occupy movement, contemporary collectives have been constructing surprising alternative economies
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Making Things International 2 Catalysts and Reactions Mark B. Salter, Editor 2016 Spring
- Comprehending the political impacts of globalization requires new tools and new ways of thinking
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Desis Divided The Political Lives of South Asian Americans Sangay K. Mishra 2016 Spring
- From taxi drivers to CEOs and Indian American governors Haley and Jindal—how distinctions strain solidarity in the politics of South Asian (or Desi) Americans
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Freegans Diving into the Wealth of Food Waste in America Alex V. Barnard 2016 Spring
- Freegans, who try to live on what we throw away, reveal the limits of capitalism but also the limits of consumer activism in changing it
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Border Walls Gone Green Nature and Anti-immigrant Politics in America John Hultgren 2015 Fall
- Why anti-immigration environmentalists need to reconsider their motives
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Civil Resistance Comparative Perspectives on Nonviolent Struggle Kurt Schock, Editor 2015 Fall
- A much-needed cross-disciplinary survey of the most recent scholarship on nonviolent resistance
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Making Things International 1 Circuits and Motion Mark B. Salter, Editor 2015 Spring
- Considering the movements of things expands our notions of globalization
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Making Other Worlds Possible Performing Diverse Economies Gerda Roelvink, Kevin St. Martin and J. K. Gibson-Graham, Editors 2015 Spring
- Rethinking economy to produce resilient communities
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The Deadly Life of Logistics Mapping Violence in Global Trade Deborah Cowen 2014 Fall
- A genealogy of logistics, tracing the link between markets and militaries, territory and government
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Red Skin, White Masks Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 Fall
- Fundamentally questions prevailing ideas of settler colonialization and Indigenous resistance