RT Book
T1 When protest becomes crime: politics and law in liberal democracies
T2 Anthropology, culture and society
A1 Terwindt, Carolijn
LA English
PP London
PB Pluto Press
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1686378238
AB How does protest become criminalised? Applying an anthropological perspective to political and legal conflicts, Carolijn Terwindt urges us to critically question the underlying interests and logic of prosecuting protesters. The book draws upon ethnographic research in Chile, Spain, and the United States to trace prosecutorial narratives in three protracted contentious episodes in liberal democracies. Terwindt examines the conflict between Chilean landowners and the indigenous Mapuche people, the Spanish state and the Basque independence movement, and the United States' criminalisation of 'eco-terrorists.' Exploring how patterns and mechanisms of prosecutorial narrative emerge through distinct political, social and democratic contexts, Terwindt shines a light on how prosecutorial narratives in each episode changed significantly over time. Challenging the law and justice system and warning against relying on criminal law to deal with socio-political conflicts, Terwindt's observations have implications for a wide range of actors and constituencies, including social movement activists, scholars, and prosecutors.
NO Literaturverzeichnis Seite 247-262, Register
CN K
SN 9780745340050
SN 9780745340043
SN 0745340040
SN 0745340059
K1 Political activists : Legal status, laws, etc
K1 Protest movements : Law and legislation
K1 Civil Disobedience : Law and legislation
K1 Protestbewegung
K1 Politischer Protest
K1 Kriminalisierung
K1 Unterdrückung
K1 Straftat
K1 Strafrecht
K1 Fallstudie
K1 Erde
K1 Demokratie : Gewaltloser Widerstand : Politischer Protest : Kriminalisierung