Practicing New Worlds
Abolition and Emergent Strategies
Book • 2023
Practicing New Worlds examines how organizers and movements implement abolitionist principles in practical, community-based projects and strategies.
Andrea Ritchie draws on case studies and theoretical work to articulate how to build institutions and practices that reduce reliance on policing and incarceration.
The book emphasizes experimentation, mutual aid, and the creation of supportive infrastructures that meet people's needs.
It provides guidance for activists seeking to translate abolitionist ideas into concrete programs and policies.
The work contributes to a growing literature on how to operationalize transformative justice and sustainable community safety.
Andrea Ritchie draws on case studies and theoretical work to articulate how to build institutions and practices that reduce reliance on policing and incarceration.
The book emphasizes experimentation, mutual aid, and the creation of supportive infrastructures that meet people's needs.
It provides guidance for activists seeking to translate abolitionist ideas into concrete programs and policies.
The work contributes to a growing literature on how to operationalize transformative justice and sustainable community safety.
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