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Author: Shannon E. Reid ,
Matthew Valasik
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9780520300446
ISBN 10: 0520300440
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 22 September 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
"""The work serves as a primer on the movement to the uninitiated, giving explanations of the ubiquitous alt-right memes that proliferate online as well as covering the cultural symbols, music, and clothing embraced by the Proud Boys and other groups. Using their background in gang research, Reid and Valasik provide law enforcement and policymakers with practical solutions on monitoring and tracking alt-right groups. . . . An important addition to the limited scholarship on the alt-right."" * Kirkus Reviews * ""Alt-Right Gangs has considerable value as a contemporary synthesis that demystifies these groups for scholars, policy makers, and students alike and can be used in both undergraduate and graduate education."" * Social Forces * ""Extremely timely and astute. . . . A greatly needed primer on alt-right gangs and wider white power youth movements."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies * ""Valasik and Reid present knowledgeable research to the reader that is easily understood and digested. Alt-Right Gangs can and should be used by policymakers, law enforcement officials, and everyday Americans to understand the growing problem posed by the white power movement in America."" * The Topline Blog *"
The work serves as a primer on the movement to the uninitiated, giving explanations of the ubiquitous alt-right memes that proliferate online as well as covering the cultural symbols, music, and clothing embraced by the Proud Boys and other groups. Using their background in gang research, Reid and Valasik provide law enforcement and policymakers with practical solutions on monitoring and tracking alt-right groups. . . . An important addition to the limited scholarship on the alt-right. * Kirkus Reviews * Alt-Right Gangs has considerable value as a contemporary synthesis that demystifies these groups for scholars, policy makers, and students alike and can be used in both undergraduate and graduate education. * Social Forces * Extremely timely and astute. . . . A greatly needed primer on alt-right gangs and wider white power youth movements. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
The work serves as a primer on the movement to the uninitiated, giving explanations of the ubiquitous alt-right memes that proliferate online as well as covering the cultural symbols, music, and clothing embraced by the Proud Boys and other groups. Using their background in gang research, Reid and Valasik provide law enforcement and policymakers with practical solutions on monitoring and tracking alt-right groups. . . . An important addition to the limited scholarship on the alt-right. * Kirkus Reviews * Alt-Right Gangs has considerable value as a contemporary synthesis that demystifies these groups for scholars, policy makers, and students alike and can be used in both undergraduate and graduate education. * Social Forces *
Author Information
Shannon E. Reid is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Matthew Valasik is Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama.
