[PDF] Protest And Punishment eBook

Author : Jeff Shantz
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Demonstrations
ISBN : 9781611630886

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Protest and Punishment seeks to advance current debates and discussions on the criminalization of dissent as a common feature of neo-liberal governance in the current period of capitalist globalization. Demands for greater democratization and equality have been met by conservative calls for a "moderation of democracy" and the use of police to stifle growing social movements. Part of that response has been the reconstruction of police forces and policing to maintain public order while limiting popular mobilization. The period of alternative globalization protests has seen a number of dramatic clashes between police and protesters. The protests against the WTO in Seattle in November 1999 gained the nickname "The Battle in Seattle." Demonstrations in Quebec City (2001), Genoa (2001), Miami (2003) and London (2009) have seen running street battles between demonstrators and police. Social justice activists who confront and contest neo-liberal governments and global capital have been subjected to tear gas attacks, rubber bullets and concussion grenades, surveillance, illegal searches and seizures, detention, and beatings. The Genoa and London protests also saw the death of civilians due to police actions. For some critics, state violence against demonstrators or political opponents is viewed as an act of state terrorism, designed to strike fear into potential protesters, dissidents or even observers. Such aggressive policing and state violence is intended to send a message to future activists that political demonstrations will not be tolerated. The works collected in Protest and Punishment examine developments in the repression of resistance in the neo-liberal context. They examine shifts and transformations in state approaches to dissent from early developments in the last decades of the twentieth century through to the present period of capitalist globalization in the twenty-first century. Through a discussion of a variety of protests and movements in different national contexts (Canada, Netherlands, US, UK) this collection offers a unique perspective on key practices and policies that mark neoliberal governance and changing visions of citizenship and the accompanying shifts in economic and cultural structures in the current age. The works in this collection are based on contributions from engaged scholars, most of whom have direct firsthand experience in the protests that they analyze. The collection offers insights into the complex struggles that underpin the present period through an extensive and diverse examination of protests and punishment in the global era. It provides important resources for understanding the character of community resistance and repression by governments in the contemporary period.

Author : Collectif
Publisher : Presses universitaires François-Rabelais
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 40,77 MB
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 2869064519

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Il impartit à l'intellectuel, dit Edgar Morin, d'être "le gardien des idées générales, génériques et généreuses". Gardiens des valeurs fondamentales, indépendants, les intellectuels examinent l'action et l'orientation des gouvernements et des partis – légitimation du système ou critique de son fonctionnement. Quand ils sont 'de gauche', ils ont parfois un rôle plus ambigu : engagés, ils sont supposés mettre au service de la cause leur notoriété et leur talent – connaissances, capacité de synthèse, art de convaincre et de frapper l'imagination du public. Ils doivent être théoriciens et stratèges, témoins et propagandistes.

Author : Nancy Bermeo
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019935751X

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In Mass Politics in Tough Times, the eminent political scientists Larry Bartels and Nancy Bermeo have gathered a group of leading scholars to analyze the political responses to the Great Recession in the US, Western Europe, and East-Central Europe.

Author : Sara M. Butler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 100907959X

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In medieval England, a defendant who refused to plead to a criminal indictment was sentenced to pressing with weights as a coercive measure. Using peine forte et dure ('strong and hard punishment') as a lens through which to analyse the law and its relationship with Christianity, Butler asks: where do we draw the line between punishment and penance? And, how can pain function as a vehicle for redemption within the common law? Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book embraces both law and literature. When Christ is on trial before Herod, he refused to plead, his silence signalling denial of the court's authority. England's discontented subjects, from hungry peasant to even King Charles I himself, stood mute before the courts in protest. Bringing together penance, pain and protest, Butler breaks down the mythology surrounding peine forte et dure and examines how it functioned within the medieval criminal justice system.

Author : Linda Radzik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108836062

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This book critically evaluates the way ordinary people enforce morality in everyday life.

Author : Lily L. Tsai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108897673

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Against the backdrop of rising populism around the world and democratic backsliding in countries with robust, multiparty elections, this book asks why ordinary people favor authoritarian leaders. Much of the existing scholarship on illiberal regimes and authoritarian durability focuses on institutional explanations, but Tsai argues that, to better understand these issues, we need to examine public opinion and citizens' concerns about retributive justice. Government authorities uphold retributive justice - and are viewed by citizens as fair and committed to public good - when they affirm society's basic values by punishing wrongdoers who act against these values. Tsai argues that the production of retributive justice and moral order is a central function of the state and an important component of state building. Drawing on rich empirical evidence from in-depth fieldwork, original surveys, and innovative experiments, the book provides a new framework for understanding authoritarian resilience and democratic fragility.