Complexity and irony in policing and protesting: the World Trade Organization in Seattle

Part of a special issue on criminal justice at the new millennium. The writers discuss complexity and irony in policing and protesting in relation to events surrounding World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle in 1999. They provide an account of police and demonstrator activities on the fi...

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Main Author: Gilham, Patrick F. (Author)
Contributors: Marx, Gary T. 1938-
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: Social justice
Year: 2000, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 212-236
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
World Trade Organization
CONFERENCES & conventions
PUBLIC demonstrations
Irony
Police > United States
Police > Social aspects
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Summary:Part of a special issue on criminal justice at the new millennium. The writers discuss complexity and irony in policing and protesting in relation to events surrounding World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle in 1999. They provide an account of police and demonstrator activities on the first day of the WTO meetings and a list of ten forms of irony inherent in the structure of the situation or that may result from interaction. They indicate that such ironies may bring a significant degree of indeterminacy and trade-offs, no matter what decisions are made. They conclude by suggesting methods of limiting violations of constitutional rights and violence between demonstrators and police.
ISSN:2327-641X