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020			_a9789004334908 _q(electronic book)
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100	1		_aBeek, Jan.
245	1	0	_aProducing stateness : _bpolice work in Ghana / _cby Jan Beek.
264		1	_aBoston : _bBrill, _c2016.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAfrican social studies series ; _vv. 36
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- The History of Police Work: Travelling Models -- The Internal Organisation of the Police: Movements and Moral Orders -- Dockets, Police Community, and Politics: Bureaucratic Order in the Police -- Money, Morals, and Law at Traffic Checks: Registers in Police Interactions -- Patrolling Public Spaces: Relational Stateness -- Criminal Investigations: Boundary Work and Boundary Shifting -- Private Security, Vigilantes, and Neighbours: Relating to Other Policing Actors -- Three Police Officers: Living Bureaucratically -- Conclusion: Stateness as Aura -- Bibliography -- Index.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aJan Beek ’s book explores everyday police work in an African country and analyses how police officers, despite prevailing stereotypes about failed states and African police, produce stateness. Drawing on highly readable ethnographic descriptions, the book shows that Ghanaian police practices often involve the exchange of money (bribes), the use of violence and the influence of politicians. However, such informal practices allow police officers to deal with the inconsistent necessities and the social context of their work. Ultimately, Ghanaian police officers are also inspired by a bureaucratic ethos and their practices are guided by it. Stateness, the book argues, is a quality of organizations, gradually emerging out of such everyday encounters. Producing Stateness allows a close look at the realities of police work in Africa and provides surprising insights into the rationalities of policing and state bureaucracies everywhere.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650		0	_aPolice administration _zGhana.
650		0	_aPolice _zGhana.
650		0	_aPolice-community relations _zGhana.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBeek, Jan, author. _tProducing stateness _dBoston : Brill, 2016 _z9789004332171 _w(DLC) 2016039370
830		0	_aAfrican Social Studies Series _v36.
830		0	_aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2017-I, ISBN: 9789004328105.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004334908
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