Closing the gateways of democracy : cities and the militarization of protest policing
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Author(s)
Golan, Gan
Advisor(s)
Balakrishnan Rajagopal.
Date Issued
2005
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
In the era of globalization, cities function as 'gateways of democracy,' the spaces and places where the civil society literally 'marches through' in order to deliver oppositional claims into the global arena. However, this paper documents a broad, increasing pattern of political repression directed against peaceful protest in US cities, signifying that important avenues for democratic participation may indeed be closing.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-147).
Subjects
Urban Studies and Planning.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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