by Aogán Mulcahy (2006)
This book provides an account and analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, providing an account and analysis of the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) from the start of 'the troubles' in the 1960s to the early 1990s, through the uneasy peace that followed the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires (1994-1998), and then its transformation into the Police Service of Northern Ireland following the 1999 Patten Report. A major concern is with the reform process, and the way that the RUC has faced and sought to remedy a situation where it faced a chronic legitimacy deficit. Policing Northern Ireland focuses on three key aspects of the police legitimation process: reform measures which are implemented to redress a legitimacy crisis; representational strategies which are invoked to offer positive images of policing; and public responses to these various strategies. Several key questions are asked about the ways in which the RUC has sought to improve its standing amongst nationalists: first, what strategies of reform has the RUC implemented? second, what forms of representation has the RUC employed to promote and portray itself in the positive terms that might secure public support? third, how have nationalists responded to these initiatives? The theoretical framework and analysis developed in the book also highlights general issues relating to the implications of police legitimacy and illegitimacy for social conflict and divisions, and their management and/or resolution, in relation to transitional societies in particular. In doing so it makes a powerful contribution to wider current debates about police legitimacy, police-community relations, community resistance, and conflict resolution.--
Richard C. Lindberg
Traces the stormy history of the Chicago Police department from the 1850s to the Summerdale Scandal. Includes a retrospective of some of the most infamous murder cases of the twentieth century. Discusses the ties between politics, organized crime, vice, and the police department.
Yitzhak Laor
>Υπάρχει μια πολύ στενή σχέση ανάμεσα σε εκείνους που αυτοαποκαλούνται "στρατόπεδο της ειρήνης" στο Ισραήλ και στους ομολόγους τους της ευρωπαϊκής Αριστεράς. Το βιβλίο αυτό ρίχνει αλύπητα φως στη σχέση τους, που είναι ιδιαίτερα έντονη στο πεδίο της λογοτεχνίας. Αναλύει την υποδοχή στην Ευρώπη των έργων του Άμος Οζ, του Α. Μπ. Γιεοσούα και του Νταβίντ Γκρόσσμαν, διερευνά τον τρόπο με τον οποίο οι συγγραφείς αυτοί μεταμφιέζονται σε ανθρώπους που προωθούν την ειρήνη και τους λόγους που η κριτική ανταποκρίνεται με τέτοιον ενθουσιασμό. Δείχνει ότι οι Ισραηλινοί διανοούμενοι -οι περισσότεροι είναι ασκεναζίμ, εκκοσμικευμένοι και υποστηρικτές των Εργατικών- θεωρείται από τους αντίστοιχους στην Ευρώπη ότι ανήκουν στους "δικούς μας", φτάνει να μένουν πάντα εκεί μακριά, στην Ανατολή. Αντίστοιχα, οι ίδιοι Ισραηλινοί διανοούμενοι νοιάζονται πρωταρχικά να ανήκουν -ή να φαίνεται ότι ανήκουν, πάση θυσία- στην ευρωπαϊκή ιντελλιγκέντσια. Αντικειμενικά, αυτό που έχουν κοινό είναι ο φόβος και το μίσος για την Ανατολή. - Mαρξιστικό Bιβλιοπωλείο
Nikki Rivera Gomez
**Nikki Gomez takes us to a Mindanao tempered by the winds of national change, from the romance of revolutions past to the euphoria of People Power, from the giddiness of globalization to the tragedy of plunder and debasement.**
Fidelina G. Llerenas, Jaime Tamayo
"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.