The New International Policing

by B. Greener

Overview

Police personnel have increasingly been deployed outside their own domestic jurisdictions to uphold law and order and to help rebuild states. This book explores the phenomenon of a 'new international policing' and outlines the range of challenges and opportunities it presents to both practitioners and theorists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349364916
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/12/2009
Series:	Global Issues
Edition description:	1st ed. 2009
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

BETH GREENER is Lecturer in International Relations at Massey University, New Zealand. She has published on international security in journals including Small Wars and Insurgencies, Policing and Society and the Australian Journal of International Affairs, teaches at the NZDF Command and Staff College, and is a member of the Council for Security Cooperation of the Asia Pacific.

Table of Contents

Introduction A Brief History of International Policing Kosovo and East Timor RAMSI Afghanistan and Iraq The New International Policing in Theory The New International Policing Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...this book is a first-rate account of the new phenomenon of international policing that will be of interest to foreign policy makers, police managers and personnel, and international relations and police scholars alike.' - British Journal of Criminology

'...the author's rich knowledge of detail in the most varied of fields is impressive...The excellent use of the literary sources, as well, should be mentioned for it is just as current and international as the subject matter itself...an indispensable resource for all participants in peace operations.' - Australian Journal of International Affairs

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