Creating consent in an illiberal order: policing disputes in Jordan

Middle Eastern police forces have a reputation for carrying out repression and surveillance on behalf of authoritarian regimes, despite frequently under enforcing the law. But what is their role in co-creating and sustaining social order? In this book, Jessica Watkins focuses on the development of t...

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Main Author: Watkins, Jessica 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
In: Cambridge Middle East studies (67)
Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Police > Jordan
Law Enforcement > Jordan
Crime > Jordan
Criminal justice, Administration of > Jordan
Kriminalität > Polizei > Jordanien
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1810620953
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Summary:Middle Eastern police forces have a reputation for carrying out repression and surveillance on behalf of authoritarian regimes, despite frequently under enforcing the law. But what is their role in co-creating and sustaining social order? In this book, Jessica Watkins focuses on the development of the Jordanian police institution to demonstrate that rather than being primarily concerned with law enforcement, the police are first and foremost concerned with order. In Jordan, social order combines the influence of longstanding tribal practices with regime efforts to promote neoliberal economic policies alongside a sense of civic duty amongst citizens. Rather than focusing on the 'high policing' of offences deemed to threaten state security, Watkins explores the 'low policing' of interpersonal disputes including assault, theft, murder, traffic accidents, and domestic abuse to shed light on the varied strategies of power deployed by the police alongside other societal actors to procure hegemonic 'consent'.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 213-225, Register
Physical Description:xiii, 230 Seiten Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781009098618
DOI:10.1017/9781009105781