Flak-catchers [[electronic resource] ] : one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America / / Lindsey Lupo
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| Autore: |
Lupo Lindsey <1975->
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| Titolo: |
Flak-catchers [[electronic resource] ] : one hundred years of Riot Commission politics in America / / Lindsey Lupo
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (472 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.32/3650973 |
| 363.3230973 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Governmental investigations - United States - History - 20th century |
| Race riots - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgments; 1; Introduction; 2; Commission Politics; 3; Research Design; 4; The 1919 Chicago Riot and the Chicago Commission; 5; The 1935 Harlem Riot and the Harlem Commission; 6; The 1965 Los Angeles Riot and the McCone Commission; 7; The 1967 USA Riots and the Kerner Commission; 8; The 1992 Los Angeles Riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission; 9; The Changing Nature of Riot Commission Politics in the Post-Kerner Commission Years; 10; Conclusion; Archive Notes; Bibliography; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Flak-Catchers explores the ways in which riot commissions-the institutional bodies appointed by an executive in the aftermath of a race riot to determine a riot timeline, investigate causes, and offer prescriptions for change-have dealt with racial violence in the United States over the last century. In studying five American riots and their commissions this book shows that riot commissions only serve to give the appearance of strong and responsive government action during uncertain times. They primarily benefit the instituting body by focusing on a restoration of law and order while undermini |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Flak-catchers |
| ISBN: | 1-282-92179-7 |
| 9786612921797 | |
| 0-7391-3812-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785437003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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