Closing the gateways of democracy : cities and the militarization of protest policing

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Golan, Gan
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Balakrishnan Rajagopal.
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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).
 
Date issued
2005
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34176
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Urban Studies and Planning.
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