Police and Politics in India : Colonial Concepts, Democratic Compulsions: Indian Police 1947-2002 /
Essentially a sequel to the author's earlier work, Defenders of the Establishment: Ruler-supportive Police Forces of South Asia , a history of the Indian police from ancient times to 1947, this book deals with police history, covering some 55 years since Indian independence. Writing about conte...
Saved in:
Main Author:
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors,
2024.
Subjects:
Online Access: Login to view Source
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Call Number: HV8248
| LEADER | 04503nam a22004578i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BRILL9789004752528 | ||
| 003 | nllekb | ||
| 005 | 20251116180217.0 | ||
| 006 | m d | ||
| 007 | cr un uuuua | ||
| 008 | 251031s2024 gw sb 001 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9789004752528 |q (electronic book) | ||
| 020 | |z 9788173046100 |q (print) | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1163/9789004752528 |2 DOI | |
| 040 | |a NL-LeKB |c NL-LeKB |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a HV8248 | |
| 072 | 7 | |a JF |2 bicssc | |
| 072 | 7 | |a SOC |x 0026000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 363.209 54 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Dhillon, Kirpal, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Police and Politics in India : |b Colonial Concepts, Democratic Compulsions: Indian Police 1947-2002 / |c Kirpal Dhillon. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Colonial Concepts, Democratic Compulsions: Indian Police 1947-2002 | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Leiden ; |a Boston : |b Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, |c 2024. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2024 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (620 pages) : |b illustrations. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |t Preliminary Material / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Foreword / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Preface / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Setting the Agenda / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Coping with Independence / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- The Political Environment / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- State Police I / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- State Police II / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- State Police III / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Central Police Organizations I / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Central Police Organizations II / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Training and Development / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Sectarian Conflicts / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Socio-political Violence / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Panjab: 1983-1992 / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Partition's Unfinished Agenda: The Kashmir Imbroglio / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Reforming the Police / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Bibliography / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward -- Index / |r Kirpal Dhillon and Richard H. Ward. | |
| 520 | |a Essentially a sequel to the author's earlier work, Defenders of the Establishment: Ruler-supportive Police Forces of South Asia , a history of the Indian police from ancient times to 1947, this book deals with police history, covering some 55 years since Indian independence. Writing about contemporary institutions and events is a risky proposition and more so in this country as the very nature of its polity is forever in a state of flux, not always for the better. Law enforcement and politics are essential, irrevocable and interdependent features of state power and are prone to feed on each other for sustenance. However, unwarranted political manipulation of state institutions, especially the police and the magistracy, a marked feature of Indian law enforcement mechanisms in recent times, is bound to impair democratic freedoms and human rights of the people. Also, all social and political institutions are the product of a nation's historical and philosophical experience through the ages. Indian police is no exception. In some ways, this is like saying that every society gets the police it deserves. Does it follow, therefore, that the Indian people are doomed to live for ever with a callous, overbearing, communalized, often corrupt and unaccountable police force? Not really. Only if the Indian state were to set in motion a calibrated process of substantial reforms in the outdated system of law enforcement, rooted in the mid-nineteerth century, most forms of distortions in police functioning would vanish. | ||
| 546 | |a English | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Police administration |z India. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Politics and government. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a India |x Politics and government |y 1947-. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |t Police and Politics in India : Colonial Concepts, Democratic Compulsions: Indian Police 1947-2002. |d Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024. |z 9788173046100 |w (OCoLC)62733065 |w (DLC) 2005389701 |
| 856 | 4 | |z DOI: |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004752528 | |
| 942 | |2 lcc |c EBOOK | ||
| 999 | |c 61622 |d 61622 | ||