White Power, White Pride!: The White Separatist Movement in the United States (Social movements past & present) - Hardcover

Dobratz, Betty A.; Shanks-Meile, Stephanie L.

9780805738650: White Power, White Pride!: The White Separatist Movement in the United States (Social movements past & present)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805738657 ISBN 13: 9780805738650

Publisher: Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S., 1997

In "White Power, White Pride!" The White Separatist Movement in the United States," readers encounter a groundbreaking effort, the first book to combine a comprehensive examination of the white separatist phenomenon with wide-ranging original research. In delineating the major actors, organizations, and events of the movement, the authors draw on the tools of resource mobilization theory, political process models, and New Social Movement theory, as well as labeling framework in the study of deviance. A historical overview surveys the movement's growth over time and then zeroes in on four groups of contemporary note: the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, Christian Identity, and Skinheads. In-depth discussions explore areas of agreement and disagreement among groups and consider countermovement, or watchdog, organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, and the Coalition for Human Dignity. Given special attention is movement terminology, including distinctions between "white separatist" and "white supremacist" and between "racialist" and "racist." Investigated, too, are the strategies - both protest and mainstream approaches to power - employed by the various groups. The study concludes with a consideration of the white separatist movement within the larger context of U.S. political and economic conditions.

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Review:

"Valuable for its focus on an extreme right-wing movement, a type of movement seldom studied, and for its clear description and application of contemporary social movement theories and concepts."

(Choice)

"A comprehensive, timely, and critical examination of the landscape of organized white supremacism in the United States today. This is required reading for anyone who wants to understand how white power groups operate and the threat they pose."

(Kathleen M. Blee, University of Pittsburgh)

"An outstanding contribution to the literature on right-wing extremism in America. Through their painstaking research, careful analysis, and well-written account, Dobratz and Shanks-Meile have given us a clearer understanding of the men and women who join and perpetuate white racialist groups. A chilling account of a persistent problem."

(Richard G. Braungart, Syracuse University)

"A unique, timely, rigorously researched, and provocative examination of the white supremacist movement in the United States... This book is a must-read for social movement scholars and students, and for activists in the social justice struggle."

(Walda Katz-Fishman, Howard University)

"A clearly written, well organized book, which provides extensive information about the complex political sociology of white separatist groups and should be required reading for social scientists interested in the topic."

(Christopher B. Doob Journal of American Ethnic History)

Book Description:

A compelling and disquieting look at America's white separatist movement.

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