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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784498003321

Titolo

Policing protest [[electronic resource] ] : the control of mass demonstrations in Western democracies / / Donatella della Porta and Herbert Reiter, editors ; afterword by Gary T. Marx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8166-8872-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Social movements, protest, and contention ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

Della PortaDonatella <1956->

ReiterHerbert

Disciplina

363.3/2

Soggetti

Riot control - Europe

Riot control - United States

Demonstrations - Europe

Demonstrations - United States

Protest movements - Europe

Protest movements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-287) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Policing of Protest in Western Democracies; Part I. Policing Protest in Established Democracies; 1. Policing, Protest, and Disorder in Britain; 2. Policing Protest in the United States: 1960-1995; 3. The Policing of Protest in France: Toward a Model of Protest Policing; 4. Public Order, Protest Cycles, and Political Process: Two Swiss Cities Compared; 5. Controlling Protest in Contemporary Historical and Comparative Perspective; Part II. Policing Protest in Young Democracies; 6. Police and Public Order in Italy, 1944-1948: The Case of Florence

7. The Policing of Mass Demonstrations in Spain: From Dictatorship to Democracy8. Police Philosophy and Protest Policing in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1960-1990; 9. The Policing of Hooliganism in Italy; 10. Police Knowledge and Protest Policing: Some Reflections on the Italian Case; Afterword: Some Reflections on the Democratic Policing of Demonstrations; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z



Sommario/riassunto

The only resource to examine police interventions cross-nationally, this collection analyzes a wide array of policing styles. Focusing on Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Spain, the United States, and South Africa, the contributors look at cultures and political power to examine the methods and the consequences of policing protest.