Description:
In this book David Mansley argues that the frequency with which violence intrudes on to the streets is related to both how society is governed and how it is policed. With the help of an innovative methodology, he quantifies and tests three variables - collective violence, democracy and protest policing using protests in Great Britain in 1999-2011, for his sampling frame.
Review Quotes:
'David Mansley's distinctive accomplishment in this book is the combination of innovation and scholarship, achieving breadth without compromise to depth. This coherent, nuanced, contextualised well-judged book is the benchmark against which all others in this field should be judged.'
Ian Paylor, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK
'In this wide-ranging and innovative book David Mansley shows how interpersonal and collective violence and democratic political processes are connected. He does this through a combination of erudite engagement with the social and political theory of Tilly, Elias, Hobbes and many others, with detailed and systematic empirical analysis of UK trends in violence, policing and democratic participation.
This is an important book for criminologists, sociologists, political scientists and anyone interested in understanding the nature of contemporary protest and democracy.'
Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent, UK