{"product_id":"thin-blue-rage-andrew-crosby-9781773638089","title":"Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolicing agencies in Canada continue to face criticism over their outsized use of violence in response to encampments of unhoused people, protests against police brutality, and sites of environmental activism and Indigenous land defence. Feeling victimized and misunderstood, police officers increasingly sport harmful \"thin blue line\" symbology depicting their role as guardians of civilization against disorder -- with poor, racialized, and progressive people squarely on the wrong side. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith meticulous historical, theoretical, and empirical detail, this deeply researched text recasts police as a social movement-in-power rather than a neutral public institution. It explores key debates in policing literature alongside contemporary examples of policing's ideological dimensions, including communications practices, membership structures, and political campaigning. Linking police identity with far-right perceptions of victimhood and alienation, Thin Blue Rage analyzes police's defensive anger towards a public they see as not understanding or supporting how they function.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Crosby,Jeffrey Monaghan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773638084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773638089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernwood Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Andrew Crosby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114109055231,"sku":"9781773638089","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b7ce870-4d12-4cc9-bb81-048abf26b7ff.jpg?v=1769619171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thin-blue-rage-andrew-crosby-9781773638089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}