Format:
Online-Ressource (243 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781441123077
Content:
This study of police governance draws on over ninety interviews conducted with Argentine police officers. In Argentina, a rising fear of crime has led to the politics of Seguridad, a concept that amalgamates personal safety with state security. As a new governing rationale, Seguridad is strengthening forms of police intervention that weaken the democracy. As they target crime, the police have the power to deny rights, deciding whether an individual is a citizen or a criminal suspect the latter often being attributed to members of vulnerable groups. This study brings together key issues of gove
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Description based upon print version of record
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List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Policing Inseguridad; Chapter 2. Inseguridad: How We Experience It; Chapter 3. Seguridad, a Governmental Dispositif; Chapter 4. Police Governance, Gente and Delincuentes; Chapter 5. Democracy? The Police, the State and their Regimes; Chapter 6. A Sovereign's Multiple Heads; Conclusion: (Un)Protecting Lives; Notes; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781623564193
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441145789
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Seguridad Crime, Police Power, and Democracy in Argentina
Language:
English
Keywords:
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