Policing Protest: The Control of Mass Demonstrations in Western Democracies Volume 6

by Donatella della Porta

Book Overview

The first international examination of how police respond to political protests.

The way in which police handle political demonstrations is always potentially controversial. In contemporary democracies, police departments have two different, often conflicting aims: keeping the peace and defending citizens' right to protest. This collection, the only resource to examine police interventions cross-nationally, analyzes a wide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081663064X
• ISBN13: 9780816630646
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"