Theories and concepts for understanding the political logic of social movements' everyday
activities, particularly those which relate directly to political goals, have been increasingly …

The author contests older concepts of autonomy as either revolutionary or ineffective vis-à-
vis the state. Looking at four prominent Latin American movements, she defines autonomy …

Many of us wonder what we could possibly do to end oppression, exploitation, and injustice.
People have studied revolutions and protest movements for centuries, but few have focused …

The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary
people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not …

Despite the frequency with which the word'solidarity'is invoked the concept itself has rarely
been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David …

In December 2015, political leaders celebrated the Paris Agreement as a milestone in the
global fight against climate change. Three years later, Greta Thunberg's school strike …

A Violent History of Benevolence traces how normative histories of liberalism, progress, and
social work enact and obscure systemic violences. Chris Chapman and AJ Withers explore …

This paper uses an examination of prefigurative politics–popularly imagined as 'being the
change you wish to see'–to reflect on geographies of the future. We argue that prefigurative …

Theorizations of sustainability transformation have foregrounded the construction (making)
of novel socioecological relations; however, they generally have obscured processes of …

Recent work historicises and theoretically refines the concept of prefigurative politics. Yet
disagreements over the question of whether or how it is politically effective remain. What …