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Policing and decolonisation
Studies in Imperialism
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134,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Manchester University Press |
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| Veröffentl.: | 01.03.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781526123688 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 240 |
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As imperial political authority was increasingly challenged, sometimes with violence, locally recruited police forces became the front-line guardians of alien law and order. This book presents a study that looks at the problems facing the imperial police forces during the acute political dislocations following decolonization in the British Empire. It examines the role and functions of the colonial police forces during the process of British decolonisation and the transfer of powers in eight colonial territories. The book emphasises that the British adopted a 'colonial' solution to their problems in policing insurgency in Ireland. The book illustrates how the recruitment of Turkish Cypriot policemen to maintain public order against Greek Cypriot insurgents worsened the political situation confronting the British and ultimately compromised the constitutional settlement for the transfer powers. In Cyprus and Malaya, the origins and ethnic backgrounds of serving policemen determined the effectiveness which enabled them to carry out their duties. In 1914, the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) of Ireland was the instrument of a government committed to 'Home Rule' or national autonomy for Ireland. As an agency of state coercion and intelligence-gathering, the police were vital to Britain's attempts to hold on to power in India, especially against the Indian National Congress during the agitational movements of the 1920s and 1930s. In April 1926, the Palestine police force was formally established. The shape of a rapidly rising rate of urban crime laid the major challenge confronting the Kenya Police.
<i>Policing and decolonisation </i>provides the first comprehensive study of the problems faced by the imperial police forces during the acute political dislocation following decolonisation.
Decolonisation in the British Empire placed new and heavy burdens on colonial police forces. As imperial political authority was increasingly challenged, sometimes with violence, locally recruited police became the front-line guardians of alien law and order. The contributors to this volume look at the changing roles and experiences of the police forces. They look at the heightened political involvement of the police, the increase in the size of the force, improvement in armament and the development of Special Branches. The book also explores the degree to which the central co-ordination of police activities conflicted with local sympathies causing crises in loyalty and recruitment.
The role of the police was central to the process of decolonisation and this book will be vital reading for specialists and undergraduates studying the history of the British Empire and the transfer of power.
Decolonisation in the British Empire placed new and heavy burdens on colonial police forces. As imperial political authority was increasingly challenged, sometimes with violence, locally recruited police became the front-line guardians of alien law and order. The contributors to this volume look at the changing roles and experiences of the police forces. They look at the heightened political involvement of the police, the increase in the size of the force, improvement in armament and the development of Special Branches. The book also explores the degree to which the central co-ordination of police activities conflicted with local sympathies causing crises in loyalty and recruitment.
The role of the police was central to the process of decolonisation and this book will be vital reading for specialists and undergraduates studying the history of the British Empire and the transfer of power.
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