The police and the pots and pans revolution

The so-called „pots and pans revolution“, or popular protests and riots in central Reykjavík from November 2008 to January 2009, is a unique event in Icelandic history. The length of the protests, the riots and the result, that a legally elected government was forced to resign and new elections were...

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Main Author: Gíslason, Ingólfur V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: School of Social Sciences 2023
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3760 2023-11-12T04:25:18+01:00 The police and the pots and pans revolution Lögreglan og búsáhaldabyltingin Gíslason, Ingólfur V. 2023-10-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3760 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3760/2341 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3760 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014): Special issue on the banking collapse; 5-18 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 5 Nr. 2 (2014): Sérhefti um bankahrunið; 5-18 Búsáhaldabyltingin lögregla ofbeldi afpersónugering samúð Pots and pans revolution police violence depersonalization sympathy info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2023 fticelandunivojs 2023-10-18T22:54:52Z The so-called „pots and pans revolution“, or popular protests and riots in central Reykjavík from November 2008 to January 2009, is a unique event in Icelandic history. The length of the protests, the riots and the result, that a legally elected government was forced to resign and new elections were called, are all unique. The police also faced new tasks. One of the noteworthy elements is a surprising „lack of“ physical violence during the protests. This article searches for explanations for this and is based on qualitative interviews with 13 policemen who were active during these dramatic weeks. Among the explanations for little violence are the training of the police and depersonalization, the feeling that the police was always on top of the events, a general sympathy with the protesters and little real fear of them. Búsáhaldabyltingin svokallaða, eða mótmæli og óeirðir frá nóvember 2008 til janúar 2009, eru einstakur atburður í íslenskri sögu. Tímalengd mótmælanna, fjöldi þátttakenda, óeirðir og sú niðurstaða að ríkisstjórn fór frá völdum vegna mótmæla er allt einstakt. Fyrir lögregluna var einnig um ný verkefni að ræða. Eitt af því sem athygli hefur vakið er hversu lítið var í raun um líkamlegt ofbeldi meðan á mótmælunum stóð. Í þessari grein er leitað skýringa á því hvers vegna ofbeldið var svona lítið og byggt á eigindlegum viðtölum við 13 lögreglumenn sem stóðu vaktina þessar dramatísku vikur. Meðal þeirra þátta sem útskýra lítið ofbeldi eru þjálfun lögreglmannanna og afpersónugering, sú tilfinning þeirra að hafa alltaf haft yfirhöndina, almenn samúð með mótmælendum og lítill raunverulegur ótti við þá. Article in Journal/Newspaper Reykjavík Reykjavík University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Reykjavík
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topic Búsáhaldabyltingin
lögregla
ofbeldi
afpersónugering
samúð
Pots and pans revolution
police
violence
depersonalization
sympathy
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lögregla
ofbeldi
afpersónugering
samúð
Pots and pans revolution
police
violence
depersonalization
sympathy
Gíslason, Ingólfur V.
The police and the pots and pans revolution
topic_facet Búsáhaldabyltingin
lögregla
ofbeldi
afpersónugering
samúð
Pots and pans revolution
police
violence
depersonalization
sympathy
description The so-called „pots and pans revolution“, or popular protests and riots in central Reykjavík from November 2008 to January 2009, is a unique event in Icelandic history. The length of the protests, the riots and the result, that a legally elected government was forced to resign and new elections were called, are all unique. The police also faced new tasks. One of the noteworthy elements is a surprising „lack of“ physical violence during the protests. This article searches for explanations for this and is based on qualitative interviews with 13 policemen who were active during these dramatic weeks. Among the explanations for little violence are the training of the police and depersonalization, the feeling that the police was always on top of the events, a general sympathy with the protesters and little real fear of them. Búsáhaldabyltingin svokallaða, eða mótmæli og óeirðir frá nóvember 2008 til janúar 2009, eru einstakur atburður í íslenskri sögu. Tímalengd mótmælanna, fjöldi þátttakenda, óeirðir og sú niðurstaða að ríkisstjórn fór frá völdum vegna mótmæla er allt einstakt. Fyrir lögregluna var einnig um ný verkefni að ræða. Eitt af því sem athygli hefur vakið er hversu lítið var í raun um líkamlegt ofbeldi meðan á mótmælunum stóð. Í þessari grein er leitað skýringa á því hvers vegna ofbeldið var svona lítið og byggt á eigindlegum viðtölum við 13 lögreglumenn sem stóðu vaktina þessar dramatísku vikur. Meðal þeirra þátta sem útskýra lítið ofbeldi eru þjálfun lögreglmannanna og afpersónugering, sú tilfinning þeirra að hafa alltaf haft yfirhöndina, almenn samúð með mótmælendum og lítill raunverulegur ótti við þá.
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title The police and the pots and pans revolution
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title_full_unstemmed The police and the pots and pans revolution
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op_source The Icelandic Society; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014): Special issue on the banking collapse; 5-18
Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 5 Nr. 2 (2014): Sérhefti um bankahrunið; 5-18
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