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Cop & the Sociologist
Barbara Theriault
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Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JHBC; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Drawing on the sociology of Max Weber, Barbara Thériault investigates today's relations toward difference within German police forces. Accompanying and interviewing police officers whose job it is to contribute to the acknowledgement of difference, the sociologist outlines three ideal types of actors - an empathetic, a principled, and an opportunist one - and the motives underlying their actions. A fourth type, the specialist, is conspicuously absent. Why is that so? Solving this enigma helps depicting the relations to difference within police forces: it points to a specific »spirit« of diversity and a singular way to apprehend the individual in Germany. ... Read more
Drawing on the sociology of Max Weber, Barbara Thériault investigates today's relations toward difference within German police forces. Accompanying and interviewing police officers whose job it is to contribute to the acknowledgement of difference, the sociologist outlines three ideal types of actors - an empathetic, a principled, and an opportunist one - and the motives underlying their actions. A fourth type, the specialist, is conspicuously absent. Why is that so? Solving this enigma helps depicting the relations to difference within police forces: it points to a specific »spirit« of diversity and a singular way to apprehend the individual in Germany. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837623109
SKU
V9783837623109
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About Barbara Theriault
Barbara Thériault (Prof. Dr.), born in 1972, is professor of sociology at Université Montréal. She has published a widely acclaimed sociological work as well as original journalistic work.
Reviews for Cop & the Sociologist
»Selten hat ein Fachbuch in dieser Form unterhalten und gleichzeitig gut informiert. Es kann daher allen Praktikern, Wissenschaftlern und thematisch Interessierten nur empfohlen werden, dieses wissenschaftlich präzise aber dennoch kurzweilig geschriebene Buch zu lesen.« Benjamin Schmidt, www.polizei-newsletter.de, 10 (2014) »Weber would have been pleased.« James V. Spickard, Qualitative Research, 14/8 (2014) Besprochen in: German Politics ansd Society, ... Read more