Criminalisation of Dissent in Times of Crisis
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This book provides a wide-ranging, global exploration of policies and practices which have sought to undermine dissent during recent and less recent social, political, economic and health ‘crises’. Examining various cases of activism and opposition from both the Global North and the Global South, and drawing on multi-disciplinary insights, this book analyses the many ways in which state and non-state actors have targeted dissent, activism and protest, including by vulnerable groups. This includes strategies that have silenced dissenting opinions, restricted the right to protest, intensified policing practices and the surveillance of activists, imposed onerous administrative fines, criminalised and prosecuted dissenters, and even killed activists. Fundamentally, this volume considers ‘criminalisation’ as a process that develops on a continuum of control and repressive practices that aim to undermine dissent. It contributes to the broader discussion on criminalisation processes, policing, the rule of law, and the quality of our democracies.
Anna Di Ronco is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Essex, UK.
Rossella Selmini is Associate Professor of Criminology at the Department of Legal Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy.
This book provides a wide-ranging, global exploration of policies and practices which have sought to undermine dissent during recent and less recent social, political, economic and health ‘crises’. Examining various cases of activism and opposition from both the Global North and the Global South, and drawing on multi-disciplinary insights, this book analyses the many ways in which state and non-state actors have targeted dissent, activism and protest, including by vulnerable groups. This includes strategies that have silenced dissenting opinions, restricted the right to protest, intensified policing practices and the surveillance of activists, imposed onerous administrative fines, criminalised and prosecuted dissenters, and even killed activists. Fundamentally, this volume considers ‘criminalisation’ as a process that develops on a continuum of control and repressive practices that aim to undermine dissent. It contributes to the broader discussion on criminalisation processes, policing, the rule of law, and the quality of our democracies.
Covers the criminalisation of Indigenous Peoples, ethnic groups, feminist, housing and independence movement activists Discusses a wide array of vulnerable groups and countries across the global South and North Explores the criminalisation of dissent in both authoritarian and democratic contexts
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Anna Di Ronco
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“Criminalization of Dissent in Times of Crisis sounds an alarm on the emergent threat of repression to the rule of law and its essential place in governance by consent. Professors Di Ronco and Selmini have assembled a remarkable and disturbing survey from outstanding scholars revealing new repressive measures of governments to silence critics in the name of security and power. In these case studies, the mobilization of criminal law, in both modern and classical forms, aims to repress, silence or worse, eliminate dissenters. The volume calls for a mobilization of criminology to reveal the multiple mechanisms of state power and its attack on rights and freedoms across nations.” (Jeffrey Fagan, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia University, USA)
“Criminalisation of Dissent in Times of Crisis is a powerful critique of the repression and control of dissent and the precariousness of progressive ideals. At the same time, it also inspires hope through the voices, work, activism, and courage of dissenters and scholar-activists worldwide. This book is an essential read for scholars, activists, and anyone interested in the forces of power, justice, and societal change.” (Dr Jayne Mooney, Professor of Sociology, City University of New York, USA)
“There could not be a more pertinent time for this collection to come into fruition. The authors and editors bravely highlight the nuanced means by which states, and their corporate allies, increasingly embed and facilitate surveillance, repression and ideological dominance - to the detriment of international freedom and civil liberties. Demonstrating this through case study approaches which span issues such as book burnings; border related abuses; and the killing of activist women, the text is an empirical witness to the exacerbation of the criminalisation of dissent. As international shifts in capitalist and right-leaning power expansionism take ever stronger holds, this book offers a means for understanding mechanisms of power and control for those of us concerned with challenging repression in these increasingly uneasy times.” (Victoria Canning, Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University, UK)
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