Police governmentality of fear on social movements around 15M in Catalonia (2011-2012)
Abstract
The financial crisis of 2008 began a period of major global structural changes that are significantly affecting the lives of many countries and social protest increases. To implement these changes, it is resorting to forms of governmentality of exception related to military logic. In these logics, fear is often used as a tool for driving the behavior of the population. In this article, we asked about the use of fear as a tool of governmentality; we analyzed how is fear management in policing on the social movements and their possible consistent with those warlike logic of exception in the situation in Catalonia, in times of social mobilization around 15M, also known as the indignados (2011 -2012). We conducted a field research in everyday life through which we locate numerous government and policing activity relatable to the management of fear. Key words: 15M; Political Repression; Governmentality of Exception; FearKeywords
15M, Political Repression, Governmentality of Exception, FearPublished
2016-11-08
How to Cite
Benedicto Salmerón, R. A. (2016). Police governmentality of fear on social movements around 15M in Catalonia (2011-2012). Athenea Digital. Revista De Pensamiento E investigación Social, 16(3), 21–53. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.1546
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