Beyond Control

How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police? 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. The book opens with a foreword from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.Vern Neufeld Redekop is Associate Professor of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University Canada. He is the former President of the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution.Shirley Paré is Senior Trainer at the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution and a Retired Officer of the Canadian Armed Forces. Available in April 2010:How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police? 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. The book opens with a foreword from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. How can large protest crowds be better and more respectfully managed by police? 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. The book opens with a foreword from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.