In 'Policing Protest' Paul A. Passavant explores how the policing of protest in the United States has become increasingly hostile since the late 1990s, moving away from strategies that protect protesters toward militaristic practices designed to suppress protests. He identifies …
Introduction: Policing protest and the post-democratic state -- Aesthetic government : neoliberal authoritarianism and the post-democratic right of expression -- New York's mega-event security legacy and the postlegitimation state -- Policing the uprising : Occupy Wall Street an…