Crisis and Control

The Militarization of Protest Policing

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal transformations of political and economic systems are militarising the policing of protest, based on a compelling empirical study of police agencies and practices from 1995 until the present. Lesley J. Wood shows that the increasing role of the security and defense industries, professional police associations, anti-terrorism initiatives and 'best practices' in policing networks have accelerated the use of less lethal weapons, pre-emptive arrests, infiltration and barricading strategies against protesters. The book uses Bourdieu and Boltanski to analyse court transcripts, police reports, policy, training materials and the conference programs of professional police organisations to argue that police agencies are neither omnipotent strategists, nor simple tools of the elite, but institutions struggling to maintain legitimacy, resources and autonomy in a changing field.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-20
Mått:135 x 215 x 12 mm
Vikt:275 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745333885

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Lesley Wood is Associate Professor of Sociology at York University in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of Crisis and Control (Pluto, 2014), Direct Action, Deliberation and Diffusion (2012) and co-author of the third edition of Social Movements 1768-2012 (Pluto, 2012). She is an activist in the global justice and anti-poverty movements.

Recensioner i media

'A welcome contribution to the literature on the sociology of policing more generally. Smart, erudite, and empirically grounded, Wood's perspective on policing protest exposes deeper, often under-explored, theoretical dimensions of the politics of policing'

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsList of Acronyms1. Introduction 2. Policing Waves of Protest 1995–2013 3. To Serve and Protect Who? Policing Trends and Best Practices 4. Local Legitimacy and Struggles for Control 5. Officers Under Attack: The Thin Blue Line, Pepper Spray and Police Identity6. Experts, Agencies, the Private Security Sector and Integration7. Protest as Threat 8. Urine-Filled Supersoakers 9. Crisis and ControlNotesReferences Index