Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder - A Comparative and Historical Approach

Informationen zum Autor Dr David Waddington Klappentext In a comparative study drawing on material from the United States and Britain, David Waddington examines how various types of industrial, political, urban and sectarian disorder occur. Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder critically appraises the theoretical approaches to understanding public disorder and contributes to the ongoing debates on police methods, police accountability and the controversial role of the media. Zusammenfassung Proposes that public disorder is most likely to occur where a group perceives that its rights are being violated or denied. The model is demonstrated in a selection of vivid case studies which are both international and historical in scope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, 1. The anatomy of a riot: The `Battle of Trafalgar', 2. Disorderly demonstrations, 3. The American urban riots, 4. The British urban riots, 5. Strike violence, 6. Football hooliganism, 7. The `Troubles' in Northern Ireland, 8. Media representations of public disorder, 9. Contemporary policing and its democratic control, 10. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Waddington, D. Waddington, David Waddington, David P. Waddington, Dr D. Waddington, Dr David Waddington
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.1992
• EAN: 9780415079136
• ISBN: 978-0-415-07913-6
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien