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The politics of protest : extra-parliamentary politics in Britain since 1970 / Peter Joyce.

By:

Joyce, Peter [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hamps. ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002Description: viii, 267 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0333657667
9780333657669

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

941.085 21

LOC classification:

JN900 .J69 2002

Contents:

1. Introduction: Extra-Parliamentary Politics -- 2. Protest -- 3. Protest in the Workplace -- 4. Urban and Non-Metropolitan Disorders -- 5. Terrorism -- 6. Racial Violence -- 7. Conclusion: Extra-Parliamentary Politics and Civil and Political Liberties -- Index.

Summary: "Peter Joyce provides a comprehensive account of the extra-parliamentary political activity that has taken place in Great Britain since 1970. The issues discussed include demonstrations, direct action, counter-cultural protest, industrial unrest, urban disorder, and politically motivated violence. The book concludes with an examination of the extent to which the United Kingdom's liberal democrat political system has been undermined by the response of the state to these activities."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Peter Joyce provides a comprehensive account of the extra-parliamentary political activity that has taken place in Great Britain since 1970. The issues discussed include demonstrations, direct action, counter-cultural protest, industrial unrest, urban disorder, and politically motivated violence. The book concludes with an examination of the extent to which the United Kingdom's liberal democrat political system has been undermined by the response of the state to these activities."--Publisher description.

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