The Politics Behind the Introduction of Stirring Up Religious Hatred Offences in England and Wales

What was and is the real function of the stirring up religious hatred offences in England and Wales? I canvass five possible explanations. In the end I come down on the side of a pluralistic explanation that combines the public order explanation and the client politics explanation in conjunction wit...

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Main Author: Brown, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-72
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Summary:What was and is the real function of the stirring up religious hatred offences in England and Wales? I canvass five possible explanations. In the end I come down on the side of a pluralistic explanation that combines the public order explanation and the client politics explanation in conjunction with the parity of protection explanation. I reject both the sop explanation and the anti-terrorism explanation.
ISSN:2156-7697
Contains:Enthalten in: Politics, religion & ideology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21567689.2017.1303770