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oapen-20.500.12657-541532023-02-01T09:01:55Z When Protest Becomes Crime Terwindt, Carolijn Law Law Constitutional Law Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LA Jurisprudence & general issues bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law How does protest become criminalised? Applying an anthropological perspective to political and legal conflicts, Carolijn Terwindt urges us to critically question the underlying interests and logic of prosecuting protesters. The book draws upon ethnographic research in Chile, Spain, and the United States to trace prosecutorial narratives in three protracted contentious episodes in liberal democracies. Terwindt examines the conflict between Chilean landowners and the indigenous Mapuche people, the Spanish state and the Basque independence movement, and the United States' criminalisation of 'eco-terrorists.' Exploring how patterns and mechanisms of prosecutorial narrative emerge through distinct political, social and democratic contexts, Terwindt shines a light on how prosecutorial narratives in each episode changed significantly over time. Challenging the law and justice system and warning against relying on criminal law to deal with socio-political conflicts, Terwindt's observations have implications for a wide range of actors and constituencies, including social movement activists, scholars, and prosecutors. 2022-04-23T05:33:38Z 2022-04-23T05:33:38Z 2019 book 9781786806079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54153 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Pluto Press Pluto Press 6924 e7b13f6b-a18c-4c0b-97b8-d1891104b9c4 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781786806079 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Pluto Press Knowledge Unlatched open access
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How does protest become criminalised? Applying an anthropological perspective to political and legal conflicts, Carolijn Terwindt urges us to critically question the underlying interests and logic of prosecuting protesters. The book draws upon ethnographic research in Chile, Spain, and the United States to trace prosecutorial narratives in three protracted contentious episodes in liberal democracies. Terwindt examines the conflict between Chilean landowners and the indigenous Mapuche people, the Spanish state and the Basque independence movement, and the United States' criminalisation of 'eco-terrorists.' Exploring how patterns and mechanisms of prosecutorial narrative emerge through distinct political, social and democratic contexts, Terwindt shines a light on how prosecutorial narratives in each episode changed significantly over time. Challenging the law and justice system and warning against relying on criminal law to deal with socio-political conflicts, Terwindt's observations have implications for a wide range of actors and constituencies, including social movement activists, scholars, and prosecutors.
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