Police matters: the everyday state and caste politics in south India, 1900-1975

State Knowledge : Seeing Like a Policeman -- Police Documents : The Politics of "False Cases" -- Routine Coercion : Scarred Bodies, Clean Records -- "Unlawful Assembly" in Colonial Madras -- Illegitimate Force in Postcolonial Politics.

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Autor principal: Kumar, Radha (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca London Cornell University Press 2021
En:Año: 2021
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Palabras clave:
Police > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
Law Enforcement > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
Caste > Political aspects > India > Tamil Nadu > History
Police-community relations > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
Caste-based discrimination > India > Tamil Nadu > History > 20th century
Tamil Nadu > Polizei > Kaste > Geschichte 1900-1975
Descripción
Sumario:State Knowledge : Seeing Like a Policeman -- Police Documents : The Politics of "False Cases" -- Routine Coercion : Scarred Bodies, Clean Records -- "Unlawful Assembly" in Colonial Madras -- Illegitimate Force in Postcolonial Politics.
"A history of the entwinement of everyday police and caste authority in the colonial and postcolonial Tamil countryside in twentieth-century south India"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:xix, 241 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:978-1-5017-6106-5