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

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...

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Main Author: Thériault, Barbara 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2013
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Online Access:DE-B1533
DE-860
DE-859
Summary: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9783839423103

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