1st Edition
A Genealogy of Public Security The Theory and History of Modern Police Powers
By Giuseppe Campesi
Copyright 2016
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are many histories of the police as a law-enforcement institution, but no genealogy of the police as a form of power. This book provides a genealogy of modern police by tracing the evolution of "police science" and of police institutions in Europe, from the ancien régime to the early 19th century. Drawing on the theoretical path outlined by Michel Foucault at the crossroads between... Read more
1. Iurisdictio and Politia in the Genealogy of the Modern State 2. The Theoretical Roots of Modern Police Power 3. Police Science 4. Police Powers and Social Disciplining 5. Public Security and Liberal Governance
Biography
Giuseppe Campesi is Professor of Law and Society at the Department of Political Sciences of the Aldo Moro University of Bari.
