Racial Outcasts versus Three Kinds of Police: Constructing Limits in Japanese Anti-Emperor Protests

Field observation of anti-emperor protests in Japan reveals two key processes through which the interaction of police & demonstrators gradually narrows the limits of permitted dissent through soft repression. The first process stigmatizes demonstration participants & sharply separates them f...

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Published in:Qualitative sociology 2006-10, Vol.29 (3), p.386-408
Main Author: Steinhoff, Patricia G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Japan
Police Community Relations
Protest Movements
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Summary:Field observation of anti-emperor protests in Japan reveals two key processes through which the interaction of police & demonstrators gradually narrows the limits of permitted dissent through soft repression. The first process stigmatizes demonstration participants & sharply separates them from the mainstream of Japanese public life, discouraging public attention to or participation in their causes. The second process divides protest movements internally, decreasing support for groups that operate at the prevailing limit of tolerated dissent, & gradually constricting the limit itself. Great variability in police-demonstrator interactions within demonstrations suggests the limitations of newspaper content analysis methods for such research. References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0162-0436
DOI:10.1007/s1133-006-9030-0