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Border-crossing repertoires of contention: Palestine activism in a global justice context
Globalizations
  • Suzanne Morrison, Zayed University
ORCID Identifiers

0000-0001-7476-6330

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract

© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. On 7 July 2005, a global call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) was declared against the state of Israel until it abides by international law and principles of human rights. Since that time, BDS has become a popular form of collective action for Palestine. Expanding on Charles Tilly’s original conceptualization of contentious repertoires, this paper argues that BDS advances the issue of Palestine into broader progressive frameworks, such as global justice, through the ways the movement makes claims (repertoire) and the object of its claims (targets). In particular, there are intersections through frames of justice, corporate complicity, and human rights, tactics of boycott and divestment, and decentralized, horizontal, and networked organizational forms, along with similar targets. These parallel repertoires and targets create a bridge between groups, which allows BDS to build its movement and enables the movement to move forward the Palestinian cause into broader global justice contexts.

Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Keywords
  • BDS movement,
  • contentious repertoires,
  • global justice,
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
  • Palestine,
  • Social movements
Scopus ID
85096624647
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2020.1844973
Citation Information
Suzanne Morrison. "Border-crossing repertoires of contention: Palestine activism in a global justice context" Globalizations (2020) - 17 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1474-7731" target="_blank">1474-7731</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/suzanne-morrison/1/