num_pages: 324
description: Contents:Patterns of protest in English history / V.G. Kiernan --The threshold of violence / Robert Benewick --Liberal rationality and political violence / Bhikhu Parekh --Three languages of change: democracy, technocracy and direct action / Elizabeth Vallance --The study of violence / Robin Jenkins --Law and order in comparative perspective / Robert Mast --The second Ulster crisis / Robert Baxter --Race relations in British politics / Hannan Rose --Black consciousness / Alexander Kirby --From civil disobedience to confrontation / Peter Cadogan --Remember your humanity and forget the rest / George Clark --Direct action and the Springbok tours / Peter Hain --Universities and violence / Brian MacArthur --Policy-making / David G.T. Williams --The use and control of the police / Peter Moodie --Political parties and members of Parliament / Gavin Drewry --The role of the National Council for Civil Liberties / Tony Smythe --Direct action, democratic participation and the media / Nicholas Garnham --Protest and democracy / Trevor Smith.
language: English
title: Direct Action and Democratic Politics
titlecomplete: Direct Action and Democratic Politics
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Georg Allen & Unwin