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How Social Movements Die: Repression and Demobilization of the Republic of New Africa

Davenport, Christian·2014·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9781139649728
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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.

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Authors
Davenport, C.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Davenport, Christian
ORCID
Davenport, Christian
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2014-12-05
DOI
10.1017/cbo9781139649728
OpenAlex
W4256147889
Cited by
153
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.78
Type
book
Language
en
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closed
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www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Movements and Cultural Identity
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
Keywords
factionalism, state repression, movement recruitment, movement mobilization, Black nationalism, separatism, Detroit, civil rights movement

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