The Cop and the Sociologist: Investigating Diversity in German Police Forces

Barbara Thériault

Published by transcript Verlag 2013

The Cop and the Sociologist

Investigating Diversity in German Police Forces

Barbara Thériault

In the series Kultur und soziale Praxis

https://doi.org/10.1515/transcript.9783839423103

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About this book

Drawing on the sociology of Max Weber, Barbara Thériault investigates today's relations toward difference within German police forces. Accompanying and interviewing police officers whose job it is to contribute to the acknowledgement of difference, the sociologist outlines three ideal types of actors - an empathetic, a principled, and an opportunist one - and the motives underlying their actions. A fourth type, the specialist, is conspicuously absent. Why is that so? Solving this enigma helps depicting the relations to difference within police forces: it points to a specific »spirit« of diversity and a singular way to apprehend the individual in Germany.

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Barbara Thériault (Prof. Dr.), born in 1972, is professor of sociology at Université Montréal. She has published a widely acclaimed sociological work as well as original journalistic work.

Reviews

»Selten hat ein Fachbuch in dieser Form unterhalten und gleichzeitig gut informiert. Es kann daher allen Praktikern, Wissenschaftlern und thematisch Interessierten nur empfohlen werden, dieses wissenschaftlich präzise aber dennoch kurzweilig geschriebene Buch zu lesen.«
Benjamin Schmidt, www.polizei-newsletter.de, 10 (2014)

»Weber would have been pleased.«
James V. Spickard, Qualitative Research, 14/8 (2014)

Besprochen in:

German Politics ansd Society, 33/3 (2015), Alexandra Schwell

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
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I. Max Weber, the Sociologist, and the Police Officer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
II. Dealing With Difference. Four Portraits and a Half Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
III. A Three-Dimensional Picture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 222
Keywords: Police; Germany; Max Weber; Sociology; Culture; Sociology of Culture; Cultural Anthropology

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Published: March 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783839423103