Transnational policing and sex trafficking in southeast Europe : policing the imperialist chain / Georgios Papanicolaou.

Mounting a vigorous critique on existing approaches to transnational policing, this book lays out an argument situating transnational policing within contemporary transformations of the capitalist state and imperialism. Focusing on a particular case of regional police cooperation against sex traffic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Papanicolaou, Georgios, 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, U.K. ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Transnational crime, crime control and security.
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Summary:Mounting a vigorous critique on existing approaches to transnational policing, this book lays out an argument situating transnational policing within contemporary transformations of the capitalist state and imperialism. Focusing on a particular case of regional police cooperation against sex trafficking in Southeast Europe, the study shows how contemporary dominant discourses on sex trafficking ultimately facilitate the implementation of new aggressive state strategies against migration and migrant workers and legitimise new police powers and operational capabilities at an international scale.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230306509 (electronic bk.)
0230306500 (electronic bk.)
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record.