Controlling Protest

Repertoire, Strategies, and Lessons from Policing the 2013-2014 Protests Cycle

Bibliographic Data

ID9684501
AuthorsEduardo Georjão Fernandes (0000-0002-0307-3550, Universidade Vila Velha), M K Silva (0000-0002-5392-515X, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Year2024
Volume67
Issue4
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDados (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5258 • E-ISSN: 1678-4588
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/dados.2024.67.4.334x
OpenAlexW4388644201
LanguageEN
References cited29

Between 2013 and 2014, peaking in June 2013, Porto Alegre was the stage for a set of protests characterized by heterogeneous claims, groups, and tactical interactions between police and protesters. Based on this case, this paper aims to analyze the way repertoire and strategies for policing demonstrations are maintained or transformed during a cycle of protests. Through an analysis of protest events on newspapers and interviews with police officers, we used the the relational perspective of contentious politics theory to identify four mechanisms that shaped the learning process of police forces during the cycle: the problematization of policing repertoire; the identification of alternatives; tactical experimentation; the incorporation of changes. These transformations resulted in the expansion of the use of police monitoring tactics, allied to the strategy of anticipating protesters’ actions

Contentious politics · Criminology · Epistemology · Newspaper · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Problematization · Public relations · Repertoire · Set (abstract data type · Social movement · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Politics and Society in Latin America

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