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100 1 $aBeek, Jan,$eauthor.
245 10 $aProducing stateness :$bpolice work in Ghana /$cby Jan Beek.
264 1 $aLeiden ;$aBoston :$bBrill,$c2016.
300 $a237 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aAfrican social studies series ;$vvolume 36
505 0 $aThe 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index.
520 8 $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.
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830 0 $aAfrican social studies series ;$vv. 36.
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