| #1032354 in Books | 2016-11-28 | 2016-11-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.70 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 240 pages|||
“A fascinating, rich, and resonant book. I know of no study that brings such an acute ethnographic sensibility to bear on police stations and structures as social institutions, or on those who work and live within those institutions. This is a
Policing as a global form is often fraught with excessive violence, corruption, and even criminalization. These sorts of problems are especially omnipresent in postcolonial nations such as India, where Beatrice Jauregui has spent several years studying the day-to-day lives of police officers in its most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. In this book, she offers an empirically rich and theoretically innovative look at the great puzzle of police authority in contemporary...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Provisional Authority: Police, Order, and Security in India | Beatrice Jauregui. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
