Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central Appalachia (Urban and Industrial Environments) Using the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia as a case study, Bell investigates the challenges of micromobilization through in-depth interviews, participant observation, content analysis, geosp
| Title | : | Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central Appalachia (Urban and Industrial Environments) |
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (269 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262034344 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-25 |
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Editorial : By studying both successful and unsuccessful instances of mobilization against 'King Coal' and local residents who did and did not join these efforts, Bell has authored a highly original book that offers an important corrective to the regrettable tendency of scholars to 'select on the dependent variable' in studying both movements and individual activism. An altogether welcome, if sobering, addition to the literature on movements.
(Doug McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford University; coauthor of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America)
In Fighting King Coal, Bell presents an innovative approach to a surprisingly undertheorized phenomenon: the problem of inaction in the face of social injustice and oppression. Her methodological design is groundbreaking, providing tools to explore social processes that researchers are not usually able to observe. Bell demonstrates an extraordinary commitment
In the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining and coal-industry-related flooding, water contamination, and illness have led to the emergence of a grassroots, women-driven environmental justice movement. But the number of local activists is small relative to the affected population, and recruiting movement participants from within the region is an ongoing challenge. In Fighting King Coal, Shannon Elizabeth Bell examines an understudied puzzle within social movement theory: why so few of the many people who suffer from industry-produced environmental hazards and pollution rise up to participate in social movements aimed at bringing about social justice and industry accountability. Using the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia as a case study, Bell investigates the challenges of micromobilization through in-depth interviews, participant observation, content analysis, geospatial viewshed analysis, and an eight-month "Photovoice" project -- an innov
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