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Political Expression and Conflict Transformation in Divided Societies: Criminalising Politics and Politicising Crime book cover

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Political Expression and Conflict Transformation in Divided Societies Criminalising Politics and Politicising Crime

By Daniel Kirkpatrick Copyright 2020
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book considers how the social construction of crime and the criminalising of political expression impact upon different stages in a violent political conflict. The freedom to express our political opinions is regarded as an essential human right throughout most of the world, and yet, in defence of our security, governments often place various restrictions on it. This book directly... Read more

Introduction: Mapping the ‘crime’ of political expression  1. Criminalisation and the social reality of crime  Part I: Criminalisation in Context  2. Nonviolent Movements: Criminalising protest and political mobilization  3. Counter-insurgency: Politicising crime to criminalise politics  4. Peace Negotiations: Why negotiate when you can criminalise?  5. Post-settlement: Criminal records and informal decriminalisation  Part II: The Evolution of Criminalisation  6. Transforming criminalisation or criminalising transformation in deeply divided societies  Conclusion: Criminalising political expression today

Biography

Daniel Kirkpatrick is a Research Fellow with the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent, UK.

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