Political Expression and Conflict Transformation in Divided Societies: Criminalising Politics and Politicising Crime

ISBN-13: 9780367336325 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 184 str.

Daniel Kirkpatrick

Opis

This book considers how the social construction of crime and the criminalising of political expression impact upon different stages in a violent political conflict.

Spis treści

Introduction: Mapping the ‘crime’ of political expression  1. Criminalisation and the social reality of crime  Part I: Criminalisation in Context  2. Nonviolent Movements: Criminalising protest and political mobilization  3. Counter-insurgency: Politicising crime to criminalise politics  4. Peace Negotiations: Why negotiate when you can criminalise?  5. Post-settlement: Criminal records and informal decriminalisation  Part II: The Evolution of Criminalisation  6. Transforming criminalisation or criminalising transformation in deeply divided societies  Conclusion: Criminalising political expression today

O autorze

Daniel Kirkpatrick is a Research Fellow with the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent, UK.