Crisis and Control - The Militarization of Protest Policing

An activist's guide to understanding the militarisation of the policing of protest.

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About the author

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.

Summary

An activist's guide to understanding the militarisation of the policing of protest.

Product details

• Authors: Lesley J. Wood, Wood Lesley J.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2014
• EAN: 9780745333892
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3389-2
• No. of pages: 205
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Europe, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, North America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Police & security services, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, North America (USA and Canada), Demonstrations & protest movements, Police and security services