Michelle I. Gawerc — Coalition-building and the forging of solidarity across difference and inequality

11 published claims from this book.

• Bridge-builders and personal ties let coalitions adjust practices to partners’ legitimacy needs
• Coalition members must freely voice distinct identities and ideologies to build trust.
• Coalitions across difference inevitably conflict and need active management to endure
• Coalitions across divides work better decentralized, prioritizing local knowledge and autonomy.
• Event coalitions can achieve political goals while modulating internal difference and inequality
• Guaranteeing autonomous expression of diverse identities can unify rather than fragment a movement.
• Guaranteeing space for diverse identities can unite rather than fragment a movement.
• Real inclusion in coalitions paradoxically requires marginalized groups to have separate space.
• Solidarity across difference depends on enacted confirmatory actions toward a negotiated identity
• Solidarity means mutual recognition of belonging, forged through struggle.
• Transnational movement organizations sustain dispersed coalitions by brokering communication and shared identity.