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Format: XIII, 226 Seiten.

ISBN: 978-0-231-18182-2

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, ebook ISBN 978-0-231-54382-8

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Ethnology , Sociology , Philosophy

Keywords: Sklavenhalter ; Versklavung ; Schuldknechtschaft

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Format: 1 online resource (243 pages)

ISBN: 9780231543828 (e-book)

Additional Edition: Print version: Choi-Fitzpatrick, Austin. What slaveholders think : how contemporary perpetrators rationalize what they do. New York, [New York] : Columbia University Press, c2017 ISBN 9780231181822

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780231543828

Content: Drawing on fifteen years of work in the antislavery movement, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick examines the systematic oppression of men, women, and children in rural India and asks: How do contemporary slaveholders rationalize the subjugation of other human beings, and how do they respond when their power is threatened? More than a billion dollars have been spent on antislavery efforts, yet the practice persists. Why? Unpacking what slaveholders think about emancipation is critical for scholars and policy makers who want to understand the broader context, especially as seen by the powerful. Insight into those moments when the powerful either double down or back off provides a sobering counterbalance to scholarship on popular struggle. Through frank and unprecedented conversations with slaveholders, Choi-Fitzpatrick reveals the condescending and paternalistic thought processes that blind them. While they understand they are exploiting workers' vulnerabilities, slaveholders also feel they are doing workers a favor, often taking pride in this relationship. And when the victims share this perspective, their emancipation is harder to secure, driving some in the antislavery movement to ask why slaves fear freedom. The answer, Choi-Fitzpatrick convincingly argues, lies in the power relationship. Whether slaveholders recoil at their past behavior or plot a return to power, Choi-Fitzpatrick zeroes in on the relational dynamics of their self-assessment, unpacking what happens next. Incorporating the experiences of such pivotal actors into antislavery research is an immensely important step toward crafting effective antislavery policies and intervention. It also contributes to scholarship on social change, social movements, and the realization of human rights.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. In All Its Forms: Slavery and Abolition, Movements and Targets -- , 2. Best-Laid Plans: A Partial Theory of Social Movement Targets -- , 3. Just Like Family: Slaveholders on Slavery -- , 4. As If We Are Equal: Slaveholders on Emancipation -- , 5. The Farmer in the Middle: Target Response to Threats -- , 6. Private Wrongs: Slavery and Antislavery in Contemporary India -- , 7. Long Goodbye: The Contemporary Antislavery Movement -- , 8. Between Good and Evil: The Everyday Ethics of Resources and Reappraisal -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/choi18182

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/choi18182

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780231543828

Content: Drawing on fifteen years of work in the antislavery movement, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick examines the systematic oppression of men, women, and children in rural India and asks: How do contemporary slaveholders rationalize the subjugation of other human beings, and how do they respond when their power is threatened? More than a billion dollars have been spent on antislavery efforts, yet the practice persists. Why? Unpacking what slaveholders think about emancipation is critical for scholars and policy makers who want to understand the broader context, especially as seen by the powerful. Insight into those moments when the powerful either double down or back off provides a sobering counterbalance to scholarship on popular struggle. Through frank and unprecedented conversations with slaveholders, Choi-Fitzpatrick reveals the condescending and paternalistic thought processes that blind them. While they understand they are exploiting workers' vulnerabilities, slaveholders also feel they are doing workers a favor, often taking pride in this relationship. And when the victims share this perspective, their emancipation is harder to secure, driving some in the antislavery movement to ask why slaves fear freedom. The answer, Choi-Fitzpatrick convincingly argues, lies in the power relationship. Whether slaveholders recoil at their past behavior or plot a return to power, Choi-Fitzpatrick zeroes in on the relational dynamics of their self-assessment, unpacking what happens next. Incorporating the experiences of such pivotal actors into antislavery research is an immensely important step toward crafting effective antislavery policies and intervention. It also contributes to scholarship on social change, social movements, and the realization of human rights.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. In All Its Forms: Slavery and Abolition, Movements and Targets -- , 2. Best-Laid Plans: A Partial Theory of Social Movement Targets -- , 3. Just Like Family: Slaveholders on Slavery -- , 4. As If We Are Equal: Slaveholders on Emancipation -- , 5. The Farmer in the Middle: Target Response to Threats -- , 6. Private Wrongs: Slavery and Antislavery in Contemporary India -- , 7. Long Goodbye: The Contemporary Antislavery Movement -- , 8. Between Good and Evil: The Everyday Ethics of Resources and Reappraisal -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/choi18182

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/choi18182