1st Edition
Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder A Comparative and Historical Approach
By David Waddington
Copyright 1992
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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In a comparative study drawing on material from the United States and Britain, this book, first published in 1992, examines how various types of industrial, political, urban and sectarian disorder occur. In the early 1990s public disorder returned to the top of the political agenda, and yet was consistently met with confusion and misunderstanding. Public discussion was superficial and emotive,... Read more
1. The Anatomy of a Riot: the ‘Battle of Trafalgar’ 2. Disorderly Demonstrations 3. The American Urban Riots 4. The British Urban Riots 5. Strike Violence 6. Football Hooliganism 7. The ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland 8. Media Representations of Public Disorder 9. Contemporary Policing and its Democratic Control 10. Conclusions
Biography
David Waddington
