The Politics of Protest: Extra-Parliamentary Politics in Britain Since 1970

✍ Scribed by Peter Joyce

• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 277
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Peter Joyce provides a comprehensive account of the extra-parliamentary political activity that has taken place in Great Britain since 1970. The issues discussed include demonstrations, direct action, counter-cultural protest, industrial unrest, urban disorder, and politically motivated violence. The book concludes with an examination of the extent to which the United Kingdom's liberal democrat political system has been undermined by the response of the state to these activities.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
1 Introduction: Extra-Parliamentary Politics......Page 10
2 Protest......Page 24
3 Protest in the Workplace......Page 76
4 Urban and Non-Metropolitan Disorders......Page 107
5 Terrorism......Page 165
6 Racial Violence......Page 200
7 Conclusion: Extra-Parliamentary Politics and Civil and Political Liberties......Page 243
Index......Page 273