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When protest becomes crime : politics and law in liberal democracies

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: When protest becomes crime : politics and law in liberal democracies
  • Contains: Law, Politics, and Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies
    When Groups Take Justice Into Their Own Hands
    The Prosecutorial Narrative and the Double Bind of Liberal Legalism
    Mobilizing the Power of Victimhood
    Challenging the State's Crime Definition
    When Prosecutors Respond : Narratives in Action
    ETA cases in Spain
    Casting the Net Wider by Calling the Armed Group a Network
    Narrating the Praise for ETA Prisoners as Humiliation of Victims
    "Mapuche conflict" cases in Chile
    Vascillating Between Criminilisation and Negotiation
    Responding to Allegations of Racism and Repression Against the Mapuche People
    "Eco-terrorism" cases in the United States
    Shifting from Reactive to Proactive Prosecutions
    Drawing a Boundary between Raising Awareness and Intimidation
    Conclusion : The Prosecutor's Contested Claim to Criminal Justice
  • Contributor: Terwindt, Carolijn [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: London: Pluto Press, 2020
  • Published in: Anthropology, culture and society
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 281 Seiten)
  • Language: English
  • RVK notation: MD 8560 : Gewaltloser Widerstand, soziale Verteidigung
  • Keywords: Demokratie > Gewaltloser Widerstand > Politischer Protest > Kriminalisierung
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  • Footnote: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 247-262, Register
  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access