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Policing Insurgencies: Cops as Counterinsurgents (Oxford International Relations in South Asia)
And Security Studies Edmund A Walsh School Of Foreign Service Georgetown University Usa
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Hardcover. This volume explores a relatively under-researched issue: the role of domestic police forces in contending with insurgency. The cases are drawn from Central, South, and Southeast Asia, as also Africa and the Middle East. Each country-specific chapter is written by a well-established scholar who has spent considerable time in the country of study. Editor(s): Fair, C. Christine; Ganguly, Sumit. Series: Oxford International Relations in South Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, Line art, 5, across chapters 9, 10 & 12. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JPB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
The importance of police forces in combating insurgencies is receiving increasing attention from policymakers and national leaders, but there is little academic work addressing the question of how police forces should be trained and deployed in such conflicts. This edited volume sets out to correct this imbalance through a series of case studies, drawn from Central, South, and Southeast Asia, as also Africa and the Middle East, which examine the circumstances under which police forces have failed to quell insurgencies-or even worsened internal security-as well as when they have proved themselves an essential part of the solution. Each case study ... Read more
The importance of police forces in combating insurgencies is receiving increasing attention from policymakers and national leaders, but there is little academic work addressing the question of how police forces should be trained and deployed in such conflicts. This edited volume sets out to correct this imbalance through a series of case studies, drawn from Central, South, and Southeast Asia, as also Africa and the Middle East, which examine the circumstances under which police forces have failed to quell insurgencies-or even worsened internal security-as well as when they have proved themselves an essential part of the solution. Each case study ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford International Relations in South Asia
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198094883
SKU
V9780198094883
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About And Security Studies Edmund A Walsh School Of Foreign Service Georgetown University Usa
C Christine Fair is Assistant Professor, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA. Sumit Ganguly is Professor of Political Science and Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
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