Policing Protest: The Control of Mass Demonstrations in Western Democracies

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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 array of policing styles. Focusing on Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Spain, the United States, and South Africa, the contributors look at cultures and ...
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Overview

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 array of policing styles. Focusing on Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Spain, the United States, and South Africa, the contributors look at cultures and political power to examine the methods and the consequences of policing protest.
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Introduction
The Policing of Protest in Western Democracies 1
Pt. I Policing Protest in Established Democracies
1 Policing, Protest, and Disorder in Britain 35
2 Policing Protest in the United States: 1960-1995 49
3 The Policing of Protest in France: Toward a Model of Protest Policing 70
4 Public Order, Protest Cycles, and Political Process: Two Swiss Cities Compared 91
5 Controlling Protest in Contemporary Historical and Comparative Perspective 117
Pt. II Policing Protest in Young Democracies
6 Police and Public Order in Italy, 1944-1948: The Case of Florence 143
7 The Policing of Mass Demonstrations in Spain: From Dictatorship to Democracy 166
8 Police Philosophy and Protest Policing in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1960-1990 188
9 The Policing of Hooliganism in Italy 213
10 Police Knowledge and Protest Policing: Some Reflections on the Italian Case 228
Afterword: Some Reflections on the Democratic Policing of Demonstrations 253
Bibliography 271
Contributors 289
Index 293
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