Two Sides Of A Barricade: (dis)order And Summit Protest In Europe (suny Series, Praxis: Theory In Action)

Investigates how activists confront global powers with their street-level dissent. Two Sides of a Barricade argues that to construct global democracy, conflict and dissent must be taken seriously. Christian Scholl explores the political significance of the confrontations within four sites of interaction: bodies, space, communication, and law. Each site of struggle provides a different entry point to understand the influence of protester and police tactics on each other. At the same time, the four sites of struggle allow a comprehensive analysis of how the contestation of global hegemonic forces during summit protests trigger a preemptive shift in social control through increased deployment of biopolitical forms of power. “...Two Sides triumphs in its injunction to gather on this side of the barricade and reconnect with the political in a moment marked by its decline.” — Social Movement Studies “Two Sides of a Barricade has the wake-up call effect of a cold shower after a night of peaceful slumber. This is the kind of book that should be read by any academic who claims to use her or his scholarly authority for ‘emancipatory’ purposes.” — Interface “This is the most extensive firsthand analysis of the global anticapitalist movement to date. It takes cutting-edge European social theory and brings it to bare on the concrete conditions of summit protests in Europe. Anyone interested in these large protest events and the movements that engender them will be compelled to read this book.” — Alex S. Vitale, author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics Christian Scholl is Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is the coauthor (with Amory Starr and Luis Fernandez) of Shutting Down the Streets: Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era. Two Sides of a Barricade: (Dis)order and Summit Protest in Europe......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Chapter 1: Barricades Are Back......Page 16 Chapter 2: Global Dissent: Tactical Trajectories......Page 38 Chapter 3: Understanding Interaction Tactically......Page 56 Chapter 4: Bodies That Matter: The Epistemology of Street Interactions......Page 84 Chapter 5: “Leave them no space!”: The Dialectics of Spatial Interactions......Page 120 Chapter 6: Psy(c)ops, Spin-Doctors, and the Communication of Dissent......Page 156 Chapter 7: “A revolt is a revolt is a revolt”: Violence, Law, and the Exception......Page 190 Chapter 8: Back to the Barricades?......Page 218 Appendix......Page 232 Notes......Page 236 Bibliography......Page 256 Index......Page 280 Two Sides of a Barricade: (Dis)order and Summit Protest in Europe 4 Two Sides of a Barricade: (Dis)order and Summit Protest in Europe 4 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Abbreviations 12 Chapter 1: Barricades Are Back 16 Chapter 2: Global Dissent: Tactical Trajectories 38 Chapter 3: Understanding Interaction Tactically 56 Chapter 4: Bodies That Matter: The Epistemology of Street Interactions 84 Chapter 5: “Leave them no space!”: The Dialectics of Spatial Interactions 120 Chapter 6: Psy(c)ops, Spin-Doctors, and the Communication of Dissent 156 Chapter 7: “A revolt is a revolt is a revolt”: Violence, Law, and the Exception 190 Chapter 8: Back to the Barricades? 218 Appendix 232 Notes 236 Bibliography 256 Index 280 Barricades Are Back -- Global Dissent : Tactical Trajectories -- Understanding Interaction Tactically -- Bodies That Matter : The Epistemology Of Street Interactions -- Leave Them No Space! The Microphysics Of Spatial Interactions -- Psy(c)ops, Spin-doctors And The Communication Of Dissent -- A Revolt Is A Revolt Is A Revolt Violence, Law, And The Exception -- Back To The Barricades?. Christian Scholl. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This volume argues that to construct global democracy, conflict and dissent must be taken seriously. Scholl explores the political significance of the confrontations within four sites of interaction: bodies, space, communication, and law