Police Unlimited - Policing, Migrants, and the Values of Bureaucracy

Zusatztext This book will be of interest to a diverse readership. ... Aspiring anthropologists will be attracted to accounts of his early career experiences, his discussions of access to research subjects, and by his vision for the future of the profession. Social scientists who are engaged by prominent organizations will recognize another cautionary tale about the risks of speaking truth to power. Specialists in policing will be sadly familiar with the cultural and organizational impediments to reform. General readers who previously regarded The Netherlands as a model of tolerance and diversity will come away with second thoughts. Mutsaers argues that anthropology can contribute to more democratic and humane policing. Whether his illuminating book will lead the Dutch police to welcome or resist further attention to their work remains to be seen. One wishes him every success. Informationen zum Autor Dr Paul Mutsaers is a professor at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Klappentext The book centres on the idea that the police are a focal point for conflict in society rather than a solution to people's security issues. Using the Dutch police as a starting point, it argues that the demise of bureaucracy makes it increasingly difficult for police across the globe to exclude politics and populism from their operations. Zusammenfassung The book centres on the idea that the police are a focal point for conflict in society rather than a solution to people's security issues. Using the Dutch police as a starting point, it argues that the demise of bureaucracy makes it increasingly difficult for police across the globe to exclude politics and populism from their operations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: the Anthropology of Police 2: Migrant-Hostile Policing 3: Thickening Borderlands 4: Psycho-Technicians and Greedy Institutions 5: Conclusion: reclaiming the Public in Policing Appendix A Note on Methodology ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Mutsaers, Paul (Tilburg University) Mutsaers
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2019
• EAN: 9780198788508
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878850-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Police & security services, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Police Procedures, Police and security services, Law & society, Police law and police procedures, Law and society, sociology of law, Police Unlimited