FLASHPOINTS: studies in public disorder

by WADDINGTON, DAVID

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Title Statements

Full title :FLASHPOINTS : studies in public disorder.

Summary

This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider disturbances. It investigates the underlying causes, the immediate context of the events, and the communication between police and crowd that takes place within them. The authors' findings are based on first-hand research into case studies of political demonstrations, community disorder and industrial picketing in South Yorkshire, UK over a five-year period. Wide-ranging in its approach, the book covers industrial relations, police-community relations, and questions of political representation and legal rights. The authors provide a novel theoretical analysis, drawing on both sociology and social psychology, which they apply to their own case studies and to other instances of disorder, from Grosvenor Square in 1968 to Wapping in 1986. They also consider the possible impact of new public order legislation, and the policy implications of their research.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:S.l
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781000424157, 1000424154, 9781000424263, 100042426X, 9781003191117, 1003191118
DOI:10.4324/9781003191117
oclc:on1259400974
LC Classification:HN460.V5
Dewey Decimal:303.620941

Subjects

Case studies Demonstrations Demonstrations -- Case studies. -- Grea… England -- South Yorkshire Great Britain Political Science -- General Riots Riots -- Case studies. -- Great Britain Violence Violence -- Case studies. -- England Violence -- Case studies. -- Great Brit…