05785nam 2200781 450 991079642400332120230509193303.01-5261-2958-210.7765/9781526129581(CKB)3810000000290566(MiAaPQ)EBC5405987(OCoLC)1085650772(MdBmJHUP)muse72832(UkMaJRU)992980106825801631(DE-B1597)659647(DE-B1597)9781526129581(EXLCZ)99381000000029056620200113h20172012 fy| 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe National Council for Civil Liberties and the policing of interwar politics at liberty to protest /Janet ClarkManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2017.©20121 online resource (xv, 215 pages) illustrations; digital file(s)0-7190-8517-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction and background debates -- Our precious liberties: disparate interests and common cause -- Political expression: people, parties and pressure groups -- Policemen, protesters and libertarians -- The NCCL in action: networks, methods and strategies -- Beyond the legitimate province of a policeman: fascists, anti-fascism and new police powers -- Police powers and politics: police and Home Office responses -- The NCCL: recognition and regime change -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: biographical information -- Appendix B: extracts from the Public Order Act 1936.Issues around the policing of public order and political expression are as topical today as in the past, and are likely to remain so in the future.Janet Clark explores the origins of the National Council for Civil Liberties (the precursor to Liberty) that emerged in 1934 in protest at the policing of political extremes. The book deals with police attempts to discredit the NCCL and the use of intelligence to perpetuate a view of the organisation as a front for the Communist Party. It also examines the state and police responses to this organised criticism of police powers. This book is essential reading for students and lecturers studying British social history, the development of civil liberties and of policing in Britain, as well as anyone interested in this enduring topic. Included is a foreword by Clive Emsley, Emeritus Professor in History at the Open University, and widely regarded as the doyen of police history."Public interest is no less exercised in the twenty-first century by civil liberties, police powers and the policing of public order than it was in the 1930s, or indeed a century earlier. The National Council for Civil Liberties (the precursor to civil rights organization Liberty) emerged in 1934 in protest at the policing of political expression. Historians have written extensively about public order, political extremism and the authorities and subversion in the interwar period but hitherto missing from this discourse is the account of the NCCL's role. Janet Clark explores the origins of the NCCL, its political orientation, and the political and personal agendas of its supporters. She argues that changing forms of political expression and divisive party politics played a noteworthy role in the momentum for a civil liberties pressure group. At the same time, the narrative deals with police attempts to discredit the NCCL and the use of surveillance and intelligence in perpetuating a view of the organisation as a front for the communist party. Distinctly, it examines the response of the state to this organised criticism of police methods and to the emergence of a civil rights movement. A concise account of the development of civil liberties in Britain, this book is essential reading for students and lecturers in the study of British social history, the historical development of civil liberties and of policing in Britain as well as anyone interested in this enduring topic. Included is a foreword by Clive Emsley, Emeritus Professor in History at the Open University, and widely regarded as the doyen of police history." --Back cover.Civil rightsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPolice powerGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPoliticsmupConstitution: Government & The StatebicsscPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / GeneralbisachConstitution: government & the statethemaCriminal Investigation Department.Home Office.Liberal Internationalism.National Council for Civil Liberties.Ronald Kidd.Special Branch.civil liberties.non-party ideology.pacifist groups.plain clothes police officers.policing.political expression.political extremes.pressure group.public attention.public order.women's organisations.Civil rightsHistoryPolice powerHistoryPoliticsConstitution: Government & The StatePOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / GeneralConstitution: government & the state323.060941Clark Janet1465512UkMaJRUBOOK9910796424003321The National Council for Civil Liberties and the policing of interwar politics3675533UNINA