Publication

2014-05-20 - Pluto Press

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCHV8055 .W66 2014
  • LCCHV8055 .W66 2014eb
  • LCCHV8053

Description

Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal shifts in political and economic systems are transforming 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 the diffusion of 'best practices' amongst policing networks have accelerated the use of less lethal weapons, pre-emptive arrests and barricading strategies against protesters. Crisis and Control uses novel theoretical and methodological approaches and a unique range of empirical data to make an important and radical contribution to a growing field.

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