Dana M. Williams

Who Do We Trust? (eBook, ePUB)

Power, Solidarity and Anti-Authoritarianism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Inspirational, nuanced and wisea wake-up call to re-imagine social structures through cooperative action and mutual aid Jonathan Purkis, author of Driving With Strangers

A compelling framework with which to analyze transforming our lives for the better Shuli Branson, author of Practical Anarchism

Distrust is in the airof politicians, corporations, and the institutions that claim to protect us. Trust is often seen as the foundation of a better societybut better for whom? While some forms of radical trust can foster survival, resistance, and movement-building, others entrench inequality and uphold the domination of elite groups.

Who Do We Trust? shatters conventional wisdom, revealing how trust in hierarchical institutions perpetuates inequality and consolidates power among the elite. Drawing on examples from the war on Gaza, the rise of the MAGA movement, police violence, and the global response to refugees, Dana Williams challenges us to question who truly deserves our trust and who doesn't.

This bold, timely exploration unearths social relationships, cultures of resistance, and the urgent fight to reclaim trust from those who exploit it.

Dana M. Williams is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, and the author of Black Flags and Social Movements and co-author of Anarchy and Society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780745350653
• Artikelnr.: 73547401

Autorenporträt

Dana M. Williams is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico, and the author of Black Flags and Social Movements and co-author of Anarchy and Society. A political sociologist, Williams focuses on social movements, inequalities, and trust.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Us and Other People: What Trust Is
2. Who Do You Trust?: Some of the Ways That Trust Works
3. The Cancer of Hierarchy: How Social Trust Gets Fucked Up
4. Misplaced Trust: Being Smart About Trust
5. Trust, Disaster, and Changing Circumstances: Trust's Volatility
6. A Reason to Trust-Trust in Revolution: How We Can Strategically Use
Trust