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Policing in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Policing in Transition Societies in Africa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Policing Refugees in Fragile States: The Case of Kenya

      • Joy Maingi, Kenneth Omeje
      Pages 73-93
  3. International Police Reform Capacity Building Partnerships: Lessons from Other Regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. Guns, Violence, and Fragile Stability: Policing in the Balkans

      • Suzette Grillot, Brooke Hammer
      Pages 143-164
    3. Cycles of Police Reform in Latin America

      • Fiona Macaulay
      Pages 165-190
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 191-219

About this book

This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies.

Reviews

'David J. Francis frames Policing in Africa within contemporary broad police sector reform in transition societies in Africa, with comparative contributions from the Balkans and Latin America. This is by far one of the most comprehensive studies of policing in Africa during what could be termed 'post-neoliberal' euphoria and its significant impacts on police organization and performance and police-community relations. Francis and his colleagues must be congratulated for putting Africa at the cutting edge of contemporary police studies. A must read for graduate and post-graduate students, researchers and scholars in the fields of sociology, politics, international relations, social movements, and legal pluralism. This book has food for thought, and is accessible and hugely relevant for policy makers and professionals dealing with police and security sector reforms, peace-keeping and conflict management professionals, and the general public.' M.A. Mohamed Salih, chair, Politics of Development, and deputy rector for research at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Peace Studies at the University, UK

    David J. Francis

About the editor

DAVID J. FRANCIS Professor of African Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Bradford, UK.

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