In Policing Protest Paul A. Passavant explores how the policing of protest in the United States has become increasingly hostile since the late 1990s, moving away from strategies that protect protesters toward militaristic practices designed to suppress protests. He identifies reactions to three interrelated crises that converged to institutionalize this new mode of policing: the political mobilization of marginalized social groups in the Civil Rights era that led to a perceived crisis of democracy, the urban fiscal crisis of the 1970s, and a crime crisis that was associated with protests and civil disobedience of the 1960s. As Passavant demonstrates, these reactions are all haunted by the figure of black insurrection, which continues to shape policing of protest and surveillance, notably in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Ultimately, Passavant argues, this trend of violent policing strategies against protesters is evidence of the emergence of a post-democratic state in the United States.
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Paul A. Passavant explores how the policing of protest in the United States has become increasingly hostile since the late 1990s, moving away from strategies that protect protestors toward militaristic practices designed to suppress legal protests.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Policing Protest and the Post-Democratic State 1 1. Aesthetic Government: Neoliberal Authoritarianism and the Post-Democratic Right of Expression 25 2. New York's Mega-Event: Security Legacy and the Postlegitmation State 62 3. Policing the Uprising: Occupy Wall Street and Order Maintenance Policing 98 4. Violent Appearances and Neoliberalisms's Disintegrated Political Subjects 141 5. Political Antagonisn: #BlackLivesMatter and the Postlegitimation, Post-Democratic State 184 Conclusion. Policing Protest and Neoliberal Authoritarianism 239 Notes 253 Bibliography 315 Index 333
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9781478010456
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2021-08-13
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Duke University Press
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635 gr
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229 mm
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152 mm
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P, 06
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Engelsk
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