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Shutting down the streets: political violence and social control in the global era

Amory Starr, Luis A. Fernandez, Christian Schöll

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1 What Is Going On? 2 The Geography of Global Governance: Spatial Dynamics of Controlling Dissent 3 Toward a Political Economy of the Social Control of Dissent 4 Policing Alterglobalization Dissent 5 A Taxonomy of Political Violence 6 Antirepression: Resisting the Social Control of Dissent 7 Democracy Out of Order Appendix A: Summits Directly Observed by Authors Appendix B: Of Stones and Flowers: John Holloway and Vittorio Sergi on Protest Tactics Appendix C: Suggestions for Future Research Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors

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1 What Is Going On? 2 The Geography of Global Governance: Spatial Dynamics of Controlling Dissent 3 Toward a Political Economy of the Social Control of Dissent 4 Policing Alterglobalization Dissent 5 A Taxonomy of Political Violence 6 Antirepression: Resisting the Social Control of Dissent 7 Democracy Out of Order Appendix A: Summits Directly Observed by Authors Appendix B: Of Stones and Flowers: John Holloway and Vittorio Sergi on Protest Tactics Appendix C: Suggestions for Future Research Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors

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1 What Is Going On? 2 The Geography of Global Governance: Spatial Dynamics of Controlling Dissent 3 Toward a Political Economy of the Social Control of Dissent 4 Policing Alterglobalization Dissent 5 A Taxonomy of Political Violence 6 Antirepression: Resisting the Social Control of Dissent 7 Democracy Out of Order Appendix A: Summits Directly Observed by Authors Appendix B: Of Stones and Flowers: John Holloway and Vittorio Sergi on Protest Tactics Appendix C: Suggestions for Future Research Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors

Key concepts: Dissent, Political dissent, Politics, Democracy, Political science, Corporate governance, Political violence, Sociology

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