ISBN:
9780814708736
,
0814708730
,
9780814738351
,
0814738354
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (vii, 207 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Starr, Amory, 1968- Shutting down the streets
DDC:
306.2090511
Keywords:
Globalization Political aspects
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Social control
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Political violence
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Anti-globalization movement
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Globalization Political aspects
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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LAW ; Criminal Law ; General
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Anti-globalization movement
;
Globalization ; Political aspects
;
Political violence
;
Social control
;
Sociology & Social History
;
Social Sciences
;
Social Change
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Recently, a wall was built in eastern Germany. Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinforced with video monitors and movement sensors, this wall was not put up to protect a prison or a military base, but rather to guard a three-day meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Eight (G8). The wall manifested a level of security that is increasingly commonplace at meetings regarding the global economy. The authors of Shutting Down the Streets have directly observed and participated in more than 20 mass actions against global in North America and Europe, begin
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index. - Description based on print version record
