Beyond Control
A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd - Police Relations
Published on 5. February 2010
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-84966-004-4 (ISBN)
Description
'What is refreshing about Beyond Control is the vision for the kind of society in which protestors and police recognize their mutual humanity as well as how both are needed for a democratic society to function well. ' From the Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police? This topical book applies the principles of community-based conflict resolution to the policing of large crowds, suggesting a completely new approach that moves away from the discourse of rabble-rousing mobs towards negotiated management, and a paradigm of mutual respect for protesters as principled dissenters and for police as non-repressive agents of public order. Both are needed, the authors argue, in order for democracy to flourish.
Reviews / Votes
'What is refreshing about Beyond Control is the vision for the kind of society in which protesters and police recognize their mutual humanity as well as how both are needed for a democratic society to function well.' Archbishop Desmond Tutu (from the Foreword)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84966-004-4 (9781849660044)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Shirley Pare | Vern Neufeld Redekop
Beyond Control
A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd - Police Relations
E-Book
02/2010
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€94.49
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Persons
Vern Neufeld Redekop is Associate Professor of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University, Canada. He is the former President of the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution and the author of From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation (2002). The late Shirley Pare was Senior Trainer at the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution and was a Retired Officer of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Content
Contents: Foreword, Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Introduction; PART I: Protest Crowd - Police Dynamics: What is at Stake?; Introducing Protest Crowds; Emotions: the Fuel of Violence; Introducing Police; The Violence of 'Otherness': Scapegoating and Hegemonic Structures; Introducing Targets, Bystanders, and Media; Reciprocal Violence; Mutual Blessing; Towards a New Paradigm of Protester - Police Dynamics; Protest Crowds and Police in the Context of Democracy. PART II: The Mutual Respect Approach in Practice: 'Getting the Dialogue Started'; Crowd Management and Conflict resolution - a Case Study; Hearing from the Players; Practical Suggestions for Community-Based Initiatives. Bibliography; Index.