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1. Introduction

Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies

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Michelle D. Bonner
Michael Kempa
Mary Rose Kubal
Guillermina Seri
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Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies
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Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this chapter, the editors establish the challenge that police abuse presents for our understanding of democracy. They argue that including police abuse in our study of democracy contributes to a more robust conceptual and structural understanding of its key dimensions. The chapter defines police abuse, which overlaps with police violence and police repression. It then briefly reviews the manner in which the dominant literature in political science addresses the concept of democracy, its limitations, and the challenge posed by the growing literature on the “decline of democracy.” The chapter offers a way to rethink this challenge by forefronting the importance of police abuse to three key components of democracy: citizenship, accountability, and socioeconomic (in)equality. These concepts structure the organization of chapters that follow.

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Title
Introduction
Authors
Michelle D. Bonner
Michael Kempa
Mary Rose Kubal
Guillermina Seri
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-72882-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-72883-4

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72883-4_1