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The Policing of Protest, Disorder and International Terrorism in the UK since 1945

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Examines key points of protest in the UK since 1945 to highlight how they have effected policing practices and how this in turn has impacted on liberal democracy

  • Places UK policing in international comparison with the US and EU nations

  • Explores protest and policing thematically through demonstrations, direct action, industrial disputes, riots and terrorism

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Demonstrations

    • Peter Joyce
    Pages 53-86
  3. Direct Action

    • Peter Joyce
    Pages 87-139
  4. Workplace Protest

    • Peter Joyce
    Pages 141-177
  5. Riots

    • Peter Joyce
    Pages 179-236
  6. The UK State, Protest and Terrorism

    • Peter Joyce
    Pages 307-351
  7. Policing Global Protest and Terrorism

    • Peter Joyce
    Pages 353-390
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 391-401

About this book

This book examines the nature of protest and the way in which the police and state respond to the activities associated with this term. Protest is explored within the context of the perceived decline in public engagement with recent general election contests. It is often thought that protest is regarded as an alternative to, or as a replacement for, formal political engagement with electoral politics, and this book provides a thoughtful assessment of the place of protest in the contemporary conduct of political affairs. Analysing key forms of protest such as: demonstrations, direct action, protest conducted within the workplace, riots and terrorism, this study also illustrates each of these activities with a wide range of examples of events that have taken place within the UK since 1945. It will be of keen interest to students of criminology, criminal justice studies, police studies and politics.

 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Peter Joyce

About the author

Peter Joyce is a Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has published widely in the areas of politics and he is also a regular contributor the journal of the Association of Chief Police Officers, Policing Today.

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