Throughout Policing the Frontier, Göpfert contends that bureaucracy and police work emerge in a sphere of constant and ambivalent connection and separation. Göpfert's frontier in Niger (and beyond) is seen through ideas of space, condition, and project, packed with constraints and possibilities, riddled with ambiguities, and brutally destructive yet profoundly empowering. As he demonstrates, the tragedy of the frontier becomes as palpable as the true impossibility of police work and bureaucracy.
Throughout Policing the Frontier, Göpfert contends that bureaucracy and police work emerge in a sphere of constant and ambivalent connection and separation. Göpfert's frontier in Niger (and beyond) is seen through ideas of space, condition, and project, packed with constraints and possibilities, riddled with ambiguities, and brutally destructive yet profoundly empowering. As he demonstrates, the tragedy of the frontier becomes as palpable as the true impossibility of police work and bureaucracy.
Policing the Frontier: An Ethnography of Two Worlds in Niger
192Policing the Frontier: An Ethnography of Two Worlds in Niger
192Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781501747229 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 03/15/2020 |
Series: | Police/Worlds: Studies in Security, Crime, and Governance |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |