Criminalizing Dissent: The Liberal State and the Problem of Legitimacy

by Rob Watts

Book Overview

While liberal-democratic states like America, Britain and Australia claim to value freedom of expression and the right to dissent, they have always actually criminalized dissent. This disposition has worsened since 9/11 and the 2008 Great Recession. This ground-breaking study shows that just as dissent involves far more than protest marches, so too liberal-democratic states have expanded the criminalization of dissent.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367670615
• ISBN13: 9780367670610
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"