We are going to prove we are a civil and developed country: the cultural performance of police legitimacy and empire in the Iraqi state
Possessing a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, police are central to the establishment of state legitimacy, especially in a nation experiencing a radical reconstruction. Employing a multi-method examination of a police training academy in Iraqi Kurdistan, this study investigates how a nascent...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2017
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 57, Issue: 4, Pages: 906-923 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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