The global making of policing : postcolonial perspectives / edited by Jana Hönke and Markus-Michael Müller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hönke, Jana, editor.

Müller, Markus M., editor.

Series:

Interventions (Routledge (Firm))

Interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police.

Internal security.

Security, International.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

xx, 181 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

This edited volume analyses the global making of policing in our postcolonial world. The volume offers a deeper understanding of the global making of how security is thought of and practiced, from US urban policing, diaspora politics and transnational security professionals to policing encounters in Afghanistan, Palestine, Colombia or Haiti. It critically examines and decentres conventional perspectives on security governance and policing, offering a fresh analytical approach, moving beyond dominant one-sided perspectives on the transnational character of security governance, which suggest a diffusion of models and practices from a 'Western' centre to the rest of the globe. Such perspectives omit much of the experimenting and learning going on in the (post)colony as well as the active agency and participation of seemingly subaltern actors in producing and co-constituting what is conventionally thought of as 'Western' policing practice, knowledge and institutions. This is the first book that studies the truly global making of security institutions and practices from a postcolonial perspective, bringing together highly innovative, in-depth empirical case studies from across the globe. It will be of interest to students and scholars of International Relations and Global Studies, (critical) Security Studies. Criminology and Postcolonial Studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The global making of policing / Jana Hönke Hönke, Jana, Markus-Michael Müller Müller, Markus-Michael 1

2 Capillaries of empire: Colonial pacification and the origins of US global surveillance / Alfred McCoy McCoy, Alfred 20

3 Laboratories of pacification and permanent war: Israeli-US collaboration in the global making of policing / Stephen Graham Graham, Stephen, Alexander Baker Baker, Alexander 40

4 Beyond the laboratory thesis: Gaza as transmission belt for war and security technology / Leila Stockmarr Stockmarr, Leila 59

5 Entangled pacifications: Peacekeeping, counterinsurgency and policing in Port-au-Prince and Rio de Janeiro / Markus-Michael Müller Müller, Markus-Michael 77

6 Associated dependent security cooperation: Colombia and the United States / Arlene B. Tickner Tickner, Arlene B. 96

7 Securing the diaspora: Policing global order / Mark Laffey Laffey, Mark, Suthaharan Nadarajah Nadarajah, Suthaharan 114

8 'British cop or international cop?' Global makings of international policing assistance, 2000-2014 / Georgina Sinclair Sinclair, Georgina 132

9 A translational perspective on police-building in Afghanistan: The enactment of 'progress' in the implementation gap / Lars Ostermeier Ostermeier, Lars 149

10 Unpacking 'the global' / Pinar Bilgin Bilgin, Pinar 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138910201

1138910201

OCLC:

941714285