| Description |
264 pages ; 24 cm |
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1. The English Image of Order -- 2. The Indian Negative -- 3. Flawed Equipoise 1880-1914 -- 4. In Defence of the Realm -- 5. Preparing for Revolution 1919-1939 -- 6. The Ultimate Emergency -- 7. The Last Postwar -- 8. Threatening the Life of the Nation -- 9. Losing the Trick |
| Summary |
This is a wide-ranging and readable historical analysis of the fundamental concepts on which the law-and-order debate rests. As well as exploring the issues and events that have influenced mainland affairs, Professor Townshend also examines the Irish situation between the nineteenth-century Land War and the Prevention of Terrorism Act. He questions whether the periodic 'crises of order' that seem to be threatening modern Britain have eroded the flexibility of the unwritten constitution |
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In recent years, such episodes as the death of Blair Peach, the Miners' Strike, the Scarman Report, and the Ponting and Stalker affairs have raised serious doubts whether the 'British way' of maintaining law and order by consensus is still feasible. Beginning with the Swing, Chartist, and Plug Riots, Charles Townshend shows how the definition of public order was steadily tightened during the Victorian era and how that process has continued throughout this century, thanks to such legislation as the Official Secrets, Public Order, and Emergency Powers Acts |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Security |
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Exercise of power |
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Great Britain |
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History |
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Law and order |
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Legislation |
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Overseas item |
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Policing |
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Political violence |
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Social change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [238]-257) and index |
| Subject |
Internal security -- Great Britain.
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Law enforcement -- Great Britain.
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Offenses against public safety -- Great Britain.
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Police administration -- Great Britain.
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Police -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
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Police -- Great Britain.
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Public policy (Law) -- Great Britain -- Cases.
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Public policy (Law) -- Great Britain.
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Social conflict -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
93026964 |
| ISBN |
019822978X (acid-free paper) |
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