Crisis And Control

Description

Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal shifts in political and economic

systems are transforming the policing of protest, based on a compelling

empirical study of police agencies and practices from 1995 until the

present. Lesley J. Wood shows that the increasing role of the security and

defense industries, professional police associations, anti-terrorism

initiatives and the diffusion of ''best practices'' amongst policing networks

have accelerated the use of less lethal weapons, pre-emptive arrests and

barricading strategies against protesters. Crisis and Control uses novel

theoretical and methodological approaches and a unique range of empirical

data to make an important and radical contribution to a growing field.