1st Edition

Statebuilding and Police Reform The Freedom of Security

By Barry J. Ryan Copyright 2011
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores how and why police reform became an international phenomenon in the era of statebuilding that followed the end of the Cold War. Police reform has become an indispensible element in the spread of liberal democracy. Policing is distinguished by its ability to combine reasonable and forcible methods to preserve and spread liberal values. The book examines the reason police... Read more

Introduction  1. Freedom, Within Reason  2. Securing Reasonable Force  3. An Exceptional Evolution  4. A Policing Machine: The UN  5. The Logos of EU Policing Power  6. OSCE and Policing Power  7. Constellating a Security Sector.  Conclusion

Biography

Barry J. Ryan is a lecturer in the School of Politics, International Relations and Philospohy at Keele University.