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The politics of protest : extra-parliamentary politics in Britain since 1970 / Peter Joyce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joyce, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government, Resistance to--Great Britain.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Democracy--Great Britain.
- Democracy.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 267 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333657667
- OCLC:
- 49901795
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