Full Description
Ours is an age of protest. Around the world, activists and movements believe in the potential of assembly to bring about important social and political change. The right of peaceful assembly has attracted growing policy and legal attention nationally and internationally as political actors are reminded of its power. Yet, this core civic freedom has received less scholarly exploration than the analogous rights of freedom of speech and association.
In this context, The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly examines assembly as a distinct political and social practice that lies uneasily at the heart of the modern state, at times posing as a threat to the political status quo. The Handbook brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary range of experts to provide a critical, international overview of the topic. It breaks new ground by interrogating key dilemmas relating to the value, scope, and legal protection of assembly, offering critically needed analysis on assembly qua assembly. Contributions from lawyers, political theorists, sociologists, anthropologists, and historians interrogate the importance of assembly, its value, its status as a legal right, and the boundaries of its legitimate regulation. Global in scope and richly grounded in history, this Handbook serves as an authoritative, comprehensive resource on the right of peaceful assembly.
Contents
1) On Assembly-Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Thomas Probert & Sharath Srinivasan
Part I - Assembly
2) 'Riotous Assemblies': Protest in 18th Century England-Adrian Randall
3) In Search of a Political Theory of Assembly-Sharath Srinivasan
4) The Overregulation of the Democratic Politics of Freedom of Assembly-Stu Woolman
5) Assembly as Political Practice-Tabatha Abu El-Haj
6) Assembly, Pluralism, and Identity-John Inazu
7) Strategic Assemblies: Trade-offs and Dilemmas for Social Movements-Anna Zhelnina & James M. Jasper
8) Beyond Regime Types: Assemblies, Repression, and Political Impacts-Yao Li
9) A Feminist Critique of Peaceful Assembly-Shan-Jan Sarah Liu
10) History and Assembly in the Postcolony - Sarah J. Lockwood
11) Refugees, Freedom of Assembly, and the Right to Have a Place in the World-Asl)i :Ikizo&glu Erensü
Part II - Peaceful Assembly as a Right
12) The Definition of Peaceful Assembly-Yuval Shany
13) Peaceful Intentions, Peaceful Conduct-Orsolya Salàt
14) Disruptively Assembling-David Mead
15) Assembly Within 'Sight and Sound' - Timothy Zick
16) Rights to Participate? Rights to Exclude? Gregory P. Magarian
17) The Digitally Mediated Freedom of Assembly- Ella McPherson
Part III - Assemblies as Events
18) The October Days: The Women's March on Versailles-Micah Alpaugh
19) Peterloo-Iain Channing
20) From Natal to the Transvaal: Women in the Front Lines of the Satyagraha March of 1913-Louise du Toit
21) The Twelfth of July in Northern Ireland-Dominic Bryan
22) Looking Back at the Skokie Case: A Personal Reflection-David Goldberger
23) Escraches: Assemblies and Political Memory in Post-Dictatorial Argentina-Susana Kaiser
24) Reinventing a Public Assembly: Pink Dot, Singapore-Lynette J. Chua
25) Anonymous as Assembly, Association, and Assemblage-Davide Beraldo
26) Tahrir Square: The Complexity of An Assembly-Rabab El-Mahdi
27) Movement Lessons at Standing Rock: Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline-Tara Houska
28) O-Platz in Berlin: An 'Eventful' Migrant Protest Camp-Marco Perolini
29) "I Can't Breathe"-Karen J. Pita Loor
Part IV - The Regulation of Assembly
30) Legal Threats to the Right to Protest-Elly Page and Nick Robinson
31) (Un)Governing Assembly: A Manifesto for Voluntary Notification-Michael Hamilton
32) Online Assemblies and Artificial Intelligence-Cameran Ashraf
33) The Right to Assemble in Times of Emergency and the Encroachment of Counter-Terrorism-Megan L. Manion
34) Understanding Collective Violence in Assemblies and Crowds-Otto Adang
35) The Role of the Police Around Public Assemblies-Thomas Probert
36) Assemblies and Technologies of Surveillance-Val Aston
37) Policing Assemblies and the Use of Force-Stuart Casey-Maslen
38) Assemblies and the courts-Steven Cammiss, Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes
