E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm
Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis
Thériault The Cop and the Sociologist
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-8394-2310-3
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Investigating Diversity in German Police Forces
E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm
Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis
ISBN: 978-3-8394-2310-3
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.