By studying both successful and unsuccessful instances of mobilization against 'King Coal' and local residents who did and did not join these efforts, Bell has authored a highly original book that offers an important corrective to the regrettable tendency of scholars to 'select on the dependent variable' in studying both movements and individual activism. An altogether welcome, if sobering, addition to the literature on movements. -- Doug McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford University; coauthor of Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America In Fighting King Coal, Bell presents an innovative approach to a surprisingly undertheorized phenomenon: the problem of inaction in the face of social injustice and oppression. Her methodological design is groundbreaking, providing tools to explore social processes that researchers are not usually able to observe. Bell demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to the highest quality scholarship, and the significance of this book's message and conclusions cannot be overstated. -- David N. Pellow, Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; author of Resisting Global Toxics and Total Liberation, and coauthor of The Slums of Aspen
Shannon Elizabeth Bell is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: Appalachian Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice.
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