Action and law in the Netherlands
The development of Dutch law & legal institutions in relation to social protest & emancipation movements since the late 1960s has been a dual one. Demands for democratization have been addressed with reasonable tolerance but few demands have actually been met in a material sense; even now, a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Contemporary Crises 1983-04, Vol.7 (2), p.113-133 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The development of Dutch law & legal institutions in relation to social protest & emancipation movements since the late 1960s has been a dual one. Demands for democratization have been addressed with reasonable tolerance but few demands have actually been met in a material sense; even now, a protest that exceeds legally defined limits is "criminalized," if not by prosecution, then by police violence or public condemnation. For the new generation of rebellious young people (squatters, antimilitarists, peace & environmental activists, feminists, antinuclear energy groups, etc) the "bureaucratic" changes are few & hardly fundamental; faith in the constitutional state is weakening. Criminalizing the new social movements will have a destabilizing effect on state & society; political alternatives are needed that will take the demands of these movements seriously. Modified AA. |
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ISSN: | 0378-1100 0925-4994 1573-0751 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF00728356 |