Democracy Is Awkward
Grappling with Racism inside American Grassroots Political Organizing
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Democracy Is Awkward
Grappling with Racism inside American Grassroots Political Organizing
About this book
In uncertain times, confronting pressing problems such as racial oppression and the environmental crisis requires everyday people to come together and wield political power for the greater good. Yet, as Michael Rosino shows, progressive political organizations in the United States have frequently failed to achieve social change. Why? Rosino posits that it is because of the unwillingness of white progressives at the grassroots level to share power with progressives of color.
Using rich ethnographic data, Rosino focuses on participants in a real grassroots progressive political party in the northeastern United States. While the organization’s goals included racial equity and the inclusion of people of color, its membership and leadership remained disproportionately white, and the group had mixed success in prioritizing and carrying out its racial justice agenda. By highlighting the connections between racial inequality, grassroots democracy, and political participation, Rosino weaves in the voices and experiences of party members and offers insights for building more robust and empowering spaces of grassroots democratic engagement.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Halftitle Page
- Introduction: Welcome to the Party
- 1 Constituted By Contradictions Grassroots Parties and Racial Oppression
- 2 Blue state blues Grassroots Progressives in the Northeast
- 3 Consequences of Consciousness How White Racial Habits Shape Grassroots Political Strategies
- 4 Contesting the Consensus People of Color in Grassroots Progressive Politics
- Conclusion Pathways to Progressive Political Praxis
- Research Appendix Poking and Prying with a Purpose
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index