Police Forces: A Cultural History of an Institution (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

This collection focuses on the cultural history of the police as an institution from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Contrary to most studies on the law and the state, "Police Forces" demonstrates how profoundly modern democracies are enveloped by more informal and less codified modes of social control. In a time when the rule of law appears to be on the retreat, "police studies" emerges as a field in its own right. This volume helps stake out this new discipline, including the intricate link between police and the law, "might" and "right," state violence, surveillance technologies, politics and resistance. "Police Forces" considers the question of law and order from below: alleyways, borders, police stations, law offices, bureaucracies, and the minds of administrators, in which the quotidian workings of the law unfold.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in European Culture and History
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Klaus Mladek
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-7986-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-4039-7986-3
Barcode:	9781403979865

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