The National Council for Civil Liberties and the Policing of Interwar Politics: At Liberty to Protest

by Janet Clark and Janet Clark

Issues around the policing of public order and political expression are as topical today as in the past, and are likely to remain so in the future.

Janet Clark explores the origins of the National Council for Civil Liberties (the precursor to Liberty) that emerged in 1934 in protest at the policing of political extremes. The book deals with police attempts to discredit the NCCL and the use of intelligence to perpetuate a view of the organisation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719085179
• ISBN13: 9780719085178
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"