
Overview
- Argues that police abuse challenges political scientists to rethink the concept of democracy
- Examines how political science has addressed democracy in its dominant literatures and the challenge the recent ‘decline of democracy’ poses to these conceptualizations
- Draws on case studies from countries spanning five continents, including the United States, France, Canada, India, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and South Africa
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Conclusion
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Guillermina Seri is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Union College, USA.
Mary Rose Kubal is Associate Professor of Political Science at St. Bonaventure University, USA.
Michael Kempa is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies
Editors: Michelle D. Bonner, Guillermina Seri, Mary Rose Kubal, Michael Kempa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72883-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72882-7Published: 11 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10284-5Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72883-4Published: 28 March 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 274
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Democracy, Policing, Citizenship, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Conflict Studies