Beyond Control

'What is refreshing about <i>Beyond Control</i> is the vision for the kind of society in which protestors and police recognize their mutual humanity as well as how both are needed for a democratic society to function well. ' <br/> <p> <b>From the Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu</b> </p> <br/> <p>How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police? </p> <br/> <p>This topical book applies the principles of community-based conflict resolution to the policing of large crowds suggesting a completely new approach that moves away from the discourse of rabble-rousing mobs towards negotiated management and a paradigm of mutual respect for protesters as principled dissenters and for police as non-repressive agents of public order. Both are needed the authors argue in order for democracy to flourish. </p>