We Are Going To Prove We Are A Civil and Developed Country
The Cultural Performance of Police Legitimacy and Empire in the Iraqi State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J S G Wozniak (0000-0002-3015-7397, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 906-923 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azw046 |
| OpenAlex | W2397398914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 31 |
Possessing a monopoly on the legitimate use of force, police are central to the establishment of state legitimacy, especially in a nation experiencing a radical reconstruction. Employing a multi-method examination of a police training academy in Iraqi Kurdistan, this study investigates how a nascent state attempts to secure hegemony in a post-conflict environment. Drawing upon literature of state legitimacy and empire, findings suggest the reconstruction is better understood as a cultural performance designed to project legitimacy for an imperial client state, helping explain the continued instability of the state and rise of dangerous non-state actors.
Economics · Empire · Hegemony · Legitimacy · Market economy · Monopoly · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Resistance in the Caliphate's Classrooms
Post‐conflict police reconstruction
The politics of policing in Pakistan
Iraq’s Neoliberal Reconstruction and the Continued Relevance of the State
From Chi-Raq to Iraq
From the point of a gun to the point of starvation
Iraq and the material basis of post-conflict police reconstruction
The International Civilian Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Culture of Control
Punishment and Modern Society
The New Imperialism
Modernizing Repression
Coming face to face with bloody reality
Gramsci and Globalisation
Counter-narcotics policies in Tajikistan and their impact on state building
Transnational police building
Occupying Iraq
Iraq and the Next American President
Policing Post-War Iraq
Self-legitimacy, Police Culture and Support for Democratic Policing in an English Constabulary
The Transformation of Violence in Iraq
Police Understanding of the Foundations of Their Legitimacy in the Eyes of the Public
Corruption and Police Legitimacy in Lahore, Pakistan
Officers as Mirrors
What Is Policeness? On Being Police in Somalia
Building the State in Timor-Leste
Foreign Occupation and National Pride
The Ballot and the Badge
Beyond the 'failed state
Insurgency, militias and DDR as part of security sector reconstruction in Iraq
Waves of Empire
Federalism and State Disintegration - United Pakistan, 1947-1971
Cultural Performance and Political Regime Change
The Extended Case Method
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |