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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554234603321

Autore

Passavant Paul A (Paul Andrew)

Titolo

Policing protest : the post-democratic state and the figure of Black insurrection / / Paul A. Passavant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-4780-1045-2

1-4780-1301-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Global and insurgent legalities

Disciplina

363.20973

Soggetti

Police - United States

Militarization of police - United States

Police brutality - United States

Protest movements - United States - History - 21st century

Black lives matter movement

Occupy movement - New York (State) - New York

Neoliberalism - History - 21st century

Authoritarianism - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 and order maintenance policing -- Violent appearances and neoliberalism's disintegrated political subjects -- Political antagonism : #BlackLivesMatter and the postlegitimation, postdemocratic state -- Conclusion: Policing protest and neoliberal authoritarianism.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 protestors toward militaristic practices designed to suppress legal protests."--