The Making of Hybrid Stateness

Sources of Police Performance in the Conurbano

Bibliographic Data

ID6380263
AuthorsM Dewey (0000-0003-2302-6812, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume32
Issue3
Pages659-672
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de ciencia política (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0716-1417 • E-ISSN: 0718-090X
PublisherSciELO Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo (ANID) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4067/s0718-090x2012000300009
OpenAlexW1984780585
SciELOS0718-090X2012000300009
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited15

By default, stateness is usually considered as a state's legal ability to deliver goods or services. This understanding implies that stateness is structured by the rule of law. However, as historical and current examples show, this legal ability often relies on practices that one would define as illegal and that any measure of "stateness" must take into account. Using the case of the Police of the Province of Buenos Aires as an example, I propose the notion of hybrid stateness i.e. an understanding of stateness that considers the state's ability to operate illegally. This short piece addresses the institutional and budgetary setting of the provincial police force and tackles the question of where the illegal resources for performing police's duties come from

Business · Political science · State (computer science · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Public Administration

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