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Published: 10th March 1997
ISBN: 9781571818737
Number Of Pages: 288
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The role of the police has, from its beginnings, been ambiguous, even janus-faced. This volume focuses on one of its controversial aspects by showing how the police have been utilized in the past by regimes in Europe, the USA and the British Empire to check political dissent and social unrest. Ideologies such as anti-Communism emerge as significant influences in both democracies and dictatorships. And by shedding new light on policing continuities in twentieth-century Germany and Italy, as well as Interpol, this volume questions the compatibility of democratic government and political policing.
| Introduction Political Police and the European Nation-State in the Nineteenth Century | p. 1 |
| A Republican Political Police? Political Policing in France Under the Third Republic, 1875-1940 | p. 27 |
| Continuity in Policing Politics in Italy, 1920-1960 | p. 57 |
| Policing Politics in Germany from Weimar to the Stasi 'to Prevent Criminal Offences Against the Security of the State' | p. 91 |
| The International Criminal Police Commission and the Fight Against Communism, 1923-1945 | p. 107 |
| Policing the Anti-Communist State in Greece, 1922-1974 'Law in Whose Name; Order for Whose Benefit?' | p. 129 |
| Police and Government in Northern Ireland, 1922-1969 | p. 151 |
| Securing the British Empire Policing and Colonial Order, 1920-1960 | p. 167 |
| Political Policing in the United States the Evolution of the Fbi, 1917-1956 | p. 191 |
| The Tokkô and Political Police in Japan, 1911-1945 | p. 213 |
| Conclusion: The Policing of Politics in Historical Perspective | p. 241 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 260 |
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ISBN: 9781571818737
ISBN-10: 1571818731
Series: Berghahn Ser.
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 10th March 1997
Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS INC
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 21.59 x 13.97
x 1.6
Weight (kg): 0.47
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