How Social Movements Die: Repression and Demobilization of the Republic of New Africa (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics)

How do social movements die? Some explanations highlight internal factors like factionalization, whereas others stress external factors like repression. Christian Davenport offers an alternative explanation where both factors interact. Drawing on organizational, as well as individual-level, explanations, Davenport argues that social movement death is the outgrowth of a coevolutionary dynamic whereby challengers, influenced by their understanding of what states will do to oppose them, attempt to recruit, motivate, calm, and prepare constituents while governments attempt to hinder all of these processes at the same time. Davenport employs a previously unavailable database that contains information on a black nationalist/secessionist organization, the Republic of New Africa, and the activities of authorities in the US city of Detroit and state and federal authorities (source : site de l'éditeur) Met Any American Communists Lately? Between 1919 And The Late 1950s, The Communist Party Of The United States Of America (cp-usa) Engaged In A Wide Variety Of Challenges Directed Against The U.s. Government And Its Economic System. Because Of This, Many Aspects Of The Organization Became Well Known To The American Public. Indeed, In Their Day, The Names Of The Organizational Leadership (i.e., William Foster, Earl Browder And Eugene Dennis) Were As Popular As Any At The Time. Bent On Dramatically Transforming Us Political-economic Relations, The Party Attempted To Raise Awareness Regarding The Evils Of The American Political-economic System And Engage In Numerous Struggles Against It. The Activities Put Forth Toward These Ends Were As Numerous As They Were Varied, From Editorials To Unionization To Political Campaigns To Mass Protests-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Theory -- 1. Killing Social Movements From The Outside Or The Inside -- 2. Killing Social Movements From The Outside And The Inside -- Pt. Ii Case -- 3. Repression And Red Squads -- 4. Record Keeping And Data Collection -- Pt. Iii Origins -- 5. We Shall Overcome? From Goal To The Freedom Now Party -- 6. We Shall Overthrow! From The Malcolm X Society To The Republic Of New Africa -- Pt. Iv Examination -- 7. Birth Of A Black Nation -- 8. To Ocean Hill -- Brownsville And B(l)ack -- 9. New Bethel And The End Of The Beginning -- 10. When Separatists Separate -- 11. Mississippi: The Last Stand(off) -- Pt. V Conclusion -- 12. Understanding The Death Of Social Movement Organizations. Christian Davenport. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. How do social movements die? Some explanations highlight internal factors like factionalization, whereas others stress external factors like repression. Christian Davenport offers an alternative explanation where both factors interact. Drawing on organizational, as well as individual-level, explanations, Davenport argues that social movement death is the outgrowth of a coevolutionary dynamic whereby challengers, influenced by their understanding of what states will do to oppose them, attempt to recruit, motivate, calm, and prepare constituents while governments attempt to hinder all of these processes at the same time. Davenport employs a previously unavailable database that contains information on a black nationalist/secessionist organization, the Republic of New Africa, and the activities of authorities in the US city of Detroit and state and federal authorities (source : site de l'éditeur) "Met any American communists lately? Between 1919 and the late 1950s, the Communist Party of the United States of America (CP-USA) engaged in a wide variety of challenges directed against the U.S. government and its economic system. Because of this, many aspects of the organization became well known to the American public. Indeed, in their day, the names of the organizational leadership (i.e., William Foster, Earl Browder and Eugene Dennis) were as popular as any at the time. Bent on dramatically transforming US political-economic relations, the Party attempted to raise awareness regarding the evils of the American political-economic system and engage in numerous struggles against it. The activities put forth toward these ends were as numerous as they were varied, from editorials to unionization to political campaigns to mass protests"-- Provided by publisher frontmatter acknowledgments figures tables contents 0 introduction 1 killing_social_movements_from_the_outside_or_the_inside 2 killing_social_movements_from_the_outside_and_the_inside 3 repression_and_red_squads 4 record_keeping_and_data_collection 5 we_shall_overcome 6 we_shall_overthrow 7 birth_of_a_black_nation 8 to_ocean_hillbrownsville_and_black 9 new_bethel_and_the_end_of_the_beginning 10 when_separatists_separate 11 mississippi 12 understanding_the_death_of_social_movement_organizations references index This book argues that social movement death is the outgrowth of a coevolutionary dynamic whereby challengers, influenced by their understanding of what states will do to oppose them, attempt to recruit, motivate, calm, and prepare constituents while governments attempt to hinder all of these processes at the same time.