How to deal with differences based on culture, ethnicity and race, has become a key issue of policing. This edited collected explores everyday, often mundane interactions between police officers and migrantised actors in European countries and asks how both sides deal with perceived differences. The contributions reflect that such differences are not just 'out there' but are being situationally (re-)produced in police-citizen encounters. By taking a comparative approach, the book develops a distinctly European perspective on these questions. The book contains 12 ethnographies from ten European countries, based on new and often innovative empirical research, two theoretical contributions, an introduction and a postface.

About the Author

Jan Beek is the leader of the research project 'Police-translations' in the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Thomas Bierschenk is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Annalena Kolloch is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Anthropology and African Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Bernd Meyer is Professor for Intercultural Communication at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Reviews

'This book is a recommended study that nicely incorporates anthropology, criminology, history, linguistics, and sociology.'
Ryan Shaffer, Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Book Information
ISBN 9781526165589
Author Jan Beek
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 667g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 21mm