What is it about?
Does micro-resistance actually make a difference---for the person or for the power they fight against? Examining acts of micro-resistance in a nineteenth-century prison, this article finds that prisoners fared better when they conformed to the prison's rules. Additionally, their micro-resistance probably didn't hurt the prison.
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Why is it important?
The point of micro-resistance is to help the person in some way, perhaps by undermining the power structure that oppresses them. However, most studies don't examine the effect of micro-resistance. This study does, so we can move closer to understanding if micro-resistance is a good or bad idea---for people who are not powerful and for those who are.
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One of the remarkable findings in this article is how much advantage some prisoners gained by conforming to the expectations of the prison regime.
Ashley T Rubin
University of Hawaii at Mānoa
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This page is a summary of: The Consequences of Prisoners' Micro-Resistance, Law & Social Inquiry, January 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1111/lsi.12158.
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