Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal shifts in political and economic systems are transforming the policing of protest, based on a compelling empirical study of police agencies and practices from 1995 until the present. Lesley J. Wood shows that the increasing role of the …
Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal shifts in political and economic systems are transforming the policing of protest, based on a compelling empirical study of police agencies and practices from 1995 until the present. Lesley J. Wood shows that the increasing role of the …
How do the depth of democracy and the style of protest policing affect the level of collective violence? There is much disagreement amongst scholars as to what effect protest policing has on levels of collective violence. This book offers an innovative contribution to the litera…
This book shows how the style of protest policing and the depth of democracy, both of which function under the direction of the political economy, are crucial to the state's credentials as the monopoly supplier of legitimate violence. Topics discussed are the institution of poli…
La restructuration néolibérale des institutions économiques et politiques entraîne une militarisation progressive des forces policières et de leurs tactiques de maintien de l'ordre. Surveillance, infiltration, brigades spéciales, armes sublétales, arrestations préventives... en …
This book draws on a wide range of studies of collective conflict and the policing of crowds and social movements to provide an understanding of the causes and management of public disorder. It seeks to describe and explain the processes by which the police interpret and respond…
This book draws on a wide range of studies of collective conflict and the policing of crowds and social movements to provide an understanding of the causes and management of public disorder. It seeks to describe and explain the processes by which the police interpret and respond…