Kathryn Abrams is Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
"""In sum, Open Hand, Closed Fist is a must read for scholars of immigrant activism and, more broadly, for social movement scholars interested in the dynamic strategies of “challenger movements”. By offering a richly empirically illustrated and well-researched inside look into the Arizona movement, the book solves a piece of the puzzle in accounting for the spectacular rise of the immigrant rights movement in the United States."" * Social Forces *"