{"product_id":"replace-the-state-how-to-change-the-world-when-elections-and-protests-fail-hardback-9781517919511","title":"Replace the State; How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail (Hardback) 9781517919511","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReplace the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSasha Davis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517919511\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages, 3 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"As the United States is being destroyed, millions of spaces are opening up for something new to emerge. Offering urgent lessons and insights, \u003ci\u003eReplace the State\u003c\/i\u003e explores relational governance as an alternative to systems that no longer serve. Sasha Davis shows how we can move forward to create and claim a truly inclusive, sustainable world.\" - Lisa Fithian, author of \u003ci\u003eShut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This indispensable guide speaks to newly activated organizers, those mobilizing on the ground, and seasoned old-timers alike. By illuminating the liberatory practice of replacing the state, Sasha Davis reveals that abolition is a daily effort - one of making meaningful connections, claiming what our communities deserve, and creating life-affirming ways of organizing ourselves and our relations with the earth.\" - Laurel Mei-Singh, University of Texas at Austin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA practical call to action against oppression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Across the globe, millions of people have participated in protests and marches, donated to political groups, or lobbied their representatives with the aim of creating lasting social change, overturning repressive laws, or limiting environmental destruction. Yet very little seems to improve for those affected by rapacious governments. \u003ci\u003eReplace the State\u003c\/i\u003e brings new hope for social justice movements by looking to progressive campaigns that have found success by unconventional, and more direct, means. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Sasha Davis, an activist and scholar of radical environmental advocacy, focuses on the strategies of movements, many of them Indigenous, that have occupied contested sites and demonstrated their effectiveness at managing or governing them. Including case studies of resistance to development on Indigenous lands in Hawai‘i, nuclear testing in the Nevada desert, and the U.S. military occupation of Okinawa, he offers insight and direction for activists, students, academics, and others dedicated to protecting and improving the well-being of their communities and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It would be easy to succumb to pessimism and political apathy in the face of governing institutions that are increasingly unresponsive to calls for change and repressive in response to protest, even as they violate human rights, ignore existential climate catastrophes, and concentrate power into fewer and fewer hands. Instead, Davis finds inspiration for genuine political change through social movements that are successfully “replacing the state” and taking over the day-to-day governance of threatened places. From contesting environmental abuse to reasserting Indigenous sovereignty, these social movements demonstrate how people can collectively wrest control over their communities from oppressive governments and manage them with a more egalitarian ethics of care. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction: Creating Meaningful Social Change from the Ground Up \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part I. Traditional Strategies for Social Change Are Not Enough  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. The State Won’t Fix Our Problems \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. What Protests Can Do, and What They Can’t \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part II. Creating Responsible Governance (Instead of Asking for It) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. From Occupation to Replacing the State \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. Replacing the Infinite State with Relational Governance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Is the Reactivation of Relational Governance a Project for Everyone? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part III. Bringing It Home \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. Replacing the State in Our Own Communities: Connect, Claim, and Create \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 7. Legitimizing Replacing the State and Developing Support \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion: Replacing the State Together \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619261444376,"sku":"9781517919511","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/replace-the-state-how-to-change-the-world-when-elections-and-protests-fail-hardback-9781517919511","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}