Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic Politics

by Jennet Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

Uncivil Disobedience examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. Jennet Kirkpatrick explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence. She exposes the hazards of democracy that arise when citizens seek to control government directly, and demonstrates the importance of laws...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069113877X
• ISBN13: 9780691138770
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"