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Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era
Luis A. Fernandez
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Description for Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era
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Recently, a wall was built in eastern Germany. Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinforced with video monitors and movement sensors, this wall was not put up to protect a prison or a military base, but rather to guard a three-day meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Eight (G8). The wall manifested a level of security that is increasingly commonplace at meetings regarding the global economy. The authors of Shutting Down the Streets have directly observed and participated in more than 20 mass actions against global in North America and Europe, ... Read more
Recently, a wall was built in eastern Germany. Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinforced with video monitors and movement sensors, this wall was not put up to protect a prison or a military base, but rather to guard a three-day meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Eight (G8). The wall manifested a level of security that is increasingly commonplace at meetings regarding the global economy. The authors of Shutting Down the Streets have directly observed and participated in more than 20 mass actions against global in North America and Europe, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814741009
SKU
V9780814741009
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About Luis A. Fernandez
Luis A. Fernandez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University and author of Policing Dissent: Social Control and the Anti-Globalization Movement. Amory Starr is the author of several books, including the first comprehensive text on alterglobalization, Naming the Enemy: Anti-Corporate Movements Confront Globalization. Christian Scholl is Lecturer of Political Science at the ... Read more
Reviews for Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era
"Solidly empirical, richly descriptive and clearly written analysis."
American Journal of Sociology
"This book provides a timely and much-needed critical reflection on how major protest events are controlled and the consequences of such practices... dense yet accessible and important."
Cultural Sociology
"Shutting Down the Streets offers a fresh perspective on the dynamic of protest policing and ... Read more
American Journal of Sociology
"This book provides a timely and much-needed critical reflection on how major protest events are controlled and the consequences of such practices... dense yet accessible and important."
Cultural Sociology
"Shutting Down the Streets offers a fresh perspective on the dynamic of protest policing and ... Read more