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When riot cops are not enough : the policing and repression of occupy Oakland /

"In When Riot Cops Are Not Enough, sociologist and activist Mike King examines the policing, and broader political repression, of the Occupy Oakland movement during the fall of 2011 through the spring of 2012. King's active and daily participation in that movement, from its inception throu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: King, Mike, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2017.
Series:Critical issues in crime and society
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Commune by the Bay. The Origins of Occupy Oakland; Chapter 2. From Permits to Storm Troopers. Repression, Social Control, and the Governmentality of Protest; Chapter 3. The Oakland Commune, Police Violence, and Political Opportunity; Chapter 4. Legitimating Repression through Depoliticizing It. Federal Coordination, "Health and Safety," and the November 2011 Occupy Evictions; Chapter 5. Putting the Occupy Oakland Vigil to Sleep. Anti-Gang Techniques and the Oakland Police Department's State of Exception.
  • Chapter 6. The Meshing of Force and Legitimacy in the Repression of Occupy Oakland's Move-In DayChapter 7. Poison in the Garden. A Spring of Seeds That Never Grew; Chapter 8. Beyond Control. Fostering Legitimate Counter-Conduct; Notes; References; Index; About the Author; Available titles in the Critical Issues in Crime and Society series.