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Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Anderson has held teaching posts in four UK universities and temporary teaching/research posts in France, Austria, Greece, Canada, and the United States. He was Senior Fellow of the Centre of European Policy Studies until 2003 where he directed the programme of Justice and Home Affairs. He has been an expert/consultant on many occasions including for the French Planning Commission, the House of Lords, the European Commission, and the Negotiation Support Unit for the Middle East Peace Process. He is Professor Emeritus in the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext This is the first history of the French police and gendarmerie. In this new book the relations between the police and the public, and the place of the police in the political order are explored. Based on archival material the author explores dramatic and often harrowing developments which have made policing in France troubled and controversial. Zusammenfassung This is the first history of the French police and gendarmerie. In this new book the relations between the police and the public, and the place of the police in the political order are explored. Based on archival material the author explores dramatic and often harrowing developments which have made policing in France troubled and controversial. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Representations of the Police 1: Mythologized Founding Fathers 2: Popular Culture 3: Public Opinion Part II: Historical Setting 4: 1870-1914 5: 1918-1945 6: 1946-2000 Part III: The Republic and its Police 7: Police and Justice 8: Police-Military Relations 9: Police Politics 10: Inequalities of Policing 11: Controversies Part IV: 12: Political Police 13: Municipal police 14: Modernisation - the Early Phase 15: Police and violence 16: Accountability 17: Private Security Services 18: Internationalization of Policing Part VI: Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index ...
