Police abuse in contemporary democracies. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michelle D. Bonner, Guillermina Seri, Mary Rose Kubal, Michael Kempa, editors.
• Editors: Bonner, Michelle D, 1972-; Seri, Guillermina; Kubal, Mary Rose
• Other Names: Kempa, Michael
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies -- 2. Police Abuse and the Racialized Boundaries of Citizenship in France -- 3. Police as State: Governing Citizenship through Violence -- 4. Development of the Concept of "Political Profiling": Citizenship and Police Repression of Protest in Quebec -- 5. Holding Police Abuse to Account: The Challenge of Institutional Legitimacy, a Chilean Case Study -- 6. Police Abuse and Democratic Accountability: Agonistic Surveillance of the Administrative State -- 7. Protest and Police Abuse: Racial Limits on Perceived Accountability -- 8. Supporting the "Elite" Transition in South Africa: Police Abuse in a Violent Neoliberal Democracy -- 9. Policing as Pacification: Postcolonial Legacies, Transnational Connections, and the Militarization of Urban Security in Democratic Brazil -- 10. Conclusion: Rethinking Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
• Subjects: 353.4/6; Political science; Police misconduct; Police -- Complaints against; Civil rights; Democracy; Police; Citizenship; Peace; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Civil rights; Police -- Complaints against; Police misconduct; Social Science -- Criminology; Political Science -- Civics & Citizenship; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- Peace; Crime & criminology; Civil rights & citizenship; Social issues & processes; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political structures: democracy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319728834; 3319728830
• Related ISBNs: 9783319728827; 3319728822
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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