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.
Table of Contents
1) On Assembly-Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Thomas Probert & Sharath SrinivasanPart I - Assembly2) 'Riotous Assemblies': Protest in 18th Century England-Adrian Randall3) In Search of a Political Theory of Assembly-Sharath Srinivasan4) The Overregulation of the Democratic Politics of Freedom of Assembly-Stu Woolman5) Assembly as Political Practice-Tabatha Abu El-Haj6) Assembly, Pluralism, and Identity-John Inazu 7) Strategic Assemblies: Trade-offs and Dilemmas for Social Movements-Anna Zhelnina & James M. Jasper8) Beyond Regime Types: Assemblies, Repression, and Political Impacts-Yao Li9) A Feminist Critique of Peaceful Assembly-Shan-Jan Sarah Liu10) History and Assembly in the Postcolony - Sarah J. Lockwood11) Refugees, Freedom of Assembly, and the Right to Have a Place in the World-Asl? ?kizo?lu ErensüPart II - Peaceful Assembly as a Right12) The Definition of Peaceful Assembly-Yuval Shany 13) Peaceful Intentions, Peaceful Conduct-Orsolya Salàt14) Disruptively Assembling-David Mead15) 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 McPhersonPart III - Assemblies as Events18) The October Days: The Women's March on Versailles-Micah Alpaugh19) Peterloo-Iain Channing20) From Natal to the Transvaal: Women in the Front Lines of the Satyagraha March of 1913-Louise du Toit21) The Twelfth of July in Northern Ireland-Dominic Bryan22) Looking Back at the Skokie Case: A Personal Reflection-David Goldberger23) Escraches: Assemblies and Political Memory in Post-Dictatorial Argentina-Susana Kaiser24) Reinventing a Public Assembly: Pink Dot, Singapore-Lynette J. Chua25) Anonymous as Assembly, Association, and Assemblage-Davide Beraldo26) Tahrir Square: The Complexity of An Assembly-Rabab El-Mahdi27) Movement Lessons at Standing Rock: Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline-Tara Houska 28) O-Platz in Berlin: An 'Eventful' Migrant Protest Camp-Marco Perolini29) "I Can't Breathe"-Karen J. Pita LoorPart IV - The Regulation of Assembly30) Legal Threats to the Right to Protest-Elly Page and Nick Robinson31) (Un)Governing Assembly: A Manifesto for Voluntary Notification-Michael Hamilton32) Online Assemblies and Artificial Intelligence-Cameran Ashraf33) The Right to Assemble in Times of Emergency and the Encroachment of Counter-Terrorism-Megan L. Manion34) Understanding Collective Violence in Assemblies and Crowds-Otto Adang35) The Role of the Police Around Public Assemblies-Thomas Probert36) Assemblies and Technologies of Surveillance-Val Aston 37) Policing Assemblies and the Use of Force-Stuart Casey-Maslen38) Assemblies and the courts-Steven Cammiss, Brian Doherty and Graeme Hayes
