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The New Police Science: The Police Power in Domestic and International Governance
Markus D. Dubber (Ed.)
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Description for The New Police Science: The Police Power in Domestic and International Governance
Hardback. This interdisciplinary and international volume provides a critical analysis of the power to police as a basic technology of modern government found in a vast array of sites of governance, including not only the state, but also the household, the factory, the military, and--most recently--the global realm of war, police actions, and peace keeping. Editor(s): Dubber, Markus D.; Valverde, Mariana. Series: Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
This timely volume provides a critical analysis of the most comprehensive and least comprehended of state powers, the power to police, broadly understood as the power to maximize public welfare—or, more colorfully, its "peace, order, and good government."
Featuring contributions by leading scholars from several countries working in a variety of fields, including law, criminology, political science, history, sociology, and social theory, The New Police Science examines the power to police as a basic technology of modern government that appears in a vast array of sites of governance, including not only the state, but also the household, the factory, the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804753920
SKU
V9780804753920
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99-50
About Markus D. Dubber (Ed.)
Markus D. Dubber is Professor of Law and Director, Buffalo Criminal Law Center at SUNY Buffalo School of Law. He is the author of The Police Power: Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Government (2005) and Victims in the War on Crime: The Use and Abuse of Victims' Rights (2002). Mariana Valverde is Professor at the Centre of Criminology, University ... Read more
Reviews for The New Police Science: The Police Power in Domestic and International Governance
"This is an important book because it casts contemporary and historical understandings of police, the police power(s) of states, and the meaning of the verb 'to police' into a new light. It brings together...a stunning breadth of intellectual achievement."—Law and Politics Book Review "This innovative collection of essays rescues the concept of police from its limited ... Read more