4312 - Resistance in The Trump Era: Defending Institutions and Advancing Social Justice

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

In response to the call for collective work on ENGAGING SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR A BETTER WORLD, I suggest a panel dealing explicitly with the ongoing Resistance to the Trump presidency. The Resistance includes groups and individuals who have been working for years to advance claims for more egalitarian economic policies and more just and inclusive policies on social issues, crime, and the environment. It also includes groups and individuals who are seeking to protect previous institutional policies and norms that have supported less just and responsive policies in the past. Essentially, the Resistance is a defensive force, which includes large numbers of people who want more than to preserve the status quo. This panel will provide a range of perspectives on the growing Resistance to the Trump presidency, with particular attention to the dilemmas of defending established institutions and advancing new policy goals.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine

Presider

• David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine

Individual Presentations

• Putting Trump in Historical Perspective - Douglas McAdam, Stanford University

• Persistence in the Resistance - Dana R. Fisher, University of Maryland; Lorien Jasny, University of Exeter

• Indivisible: From Institution to Movement - Megan E. Brooker, University of California-Irvine

• Black Lives Matter and Presidential Politics from Obama to Trump - Megan Ming Francis, University of Washington

Discussant

• Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University