{"product_id":"when-riot-cops-are-not-enough-the-policing-and-repression-of-occupy-oakland-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-9780813583747","title":"When Riot Cops are Not Enough The Policing and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhen Riot Cops Are Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e, sociologist Mike King examines the policing, and broader political repression, of the Occupy Oakland movement. King’s active and daily participation in that movement provides a unique insider perspective to illustrate how the Oakland police and city administrators lost the ability to effectively control the movement.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clear, concise, and compelling, \u003ci\u003eWhen Riot Cops Are Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a deep and rich narrative, but an extremely valuable piece of ethnographic research.\" -- Patrick Gillham * department of sociology, Western Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e\"As a piece of public sociology, the book furthers understanding of the policies and the politics of repression and social control.\" * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"By charting the tight interplay of resistance and repression that connects the murder of Oscar Grant to the Occupy Movement in Oakland and beyond, Mike King's book provides an essential weapon for our collective arsenal.\" -- George Ciccariello-Maher * author of We Created Chávez *\u003cbr\u003e\"Mike King has produced a fascinating study of the repression of Occupy Oakland. His groundbreaking analysis ?makes sense of one of the most significant political episodes in recent American history. This is a compelling demonstration of what theoretically informed activist research can achieve.\" -- Andrej Grubacic * author of Living at the Edges of Capitalism *\u003cbr\u003e“Vital, important and compelling, Mike King offers a nuanced accounting of the cat-and-mouse game of social protest and social control. Grounded in the experience of Occupy Oakland,\u003ci\u003e When Riot Cops Are Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e is immensely relevant to the upcoming generation of militant activists, engaged scholars and community police.” \u003cbr\u003e\"As a piece of public sociology, the book furthers understanding of the policies and the politics of repression and social control.\" * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"Clear, concise, and compelling, \u003ci\u003eWhen Riot Cops Are Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a deep and rich narrative, but an extremely valuable piece of ethnographic research.\" -- Patrick Gillham * department of sociology, Western Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e\"By charting the tight interplay of resistance and repression that connects the murder of Oscar Grant to the Occupy Movement in Oakland and beyond, Mike King's book provides an essential weapon for our collective arsenal.\" -- George Ciccariello-Maher * author of We Created Chávez *\u003cbr\u003e\"Mike King has produced a fascinating study of the repression of Occupy Oakland. His groundbreaking analysis makes sense of one of the most significant political episodes in recent American history. This is a compelling demonstration of what theoretically informed activist research can achieve.\" -- Andrej Grubacic * author of Living at the Edges of Capitalism *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Commune by the Bay: The Origins of Occupy Oakland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 From Permits to Storm Troopers: Repression, Social Control, and the Governmentality of Protest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Oakland Commune, Police Violence, and Political Opportunity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Legitimation Repression through Depoliticizing It: Federal Coordination, “Health and Safety,” and the November 2011 Occupy Evictions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Putting the Occupy Oakland Vigil to Sleep: Anti-Gang Techniques and the Oakland Police Department’s State of Exception\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Meshing of Force and Legitimacy in the Repression of Occupy Oakland’s Move-In Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Poison in the Garden: A Spring of Seeds That Never Grew\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Beyond Control: Fostering Legitimate Counter-Conduct\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003eIndex","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405790552407,"sku":"9780813583747","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813583747.jpg?v=1730493629","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/when-riot-cops-are-not-enough-the-policing-and-repression-of-occupy-oakland-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-9780813583747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}