Drawing on the sociology of Max Weber, Barbara Theriault 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.

About the Author
Barbara Theriault (Prof. Dr.), born in 1972, is professor of sociology at Universite Montreal. She has published a widely acclaimed sociological work as well as original journalistic work.

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"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 prazise 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



Book Information
ISBN 9783837623109
Author Barbara Theriault
Format Paperback
Page Count 222
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 992g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 15mm * 2mm