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The relationship between policing and the governance of society is an important and complex one, especially as it relates to destitute areas. Through a comparative analysis of policing in skid row districts in three cities  Edinburgh, San Francisco, and Vancouver  Negotiating Demands offers an inside look at the influence of local political, moral, and economic issues on police practices within marginalized communities.

Through an analysis of various theoretical approaches and ethnographic field data, Laura Huey unveils a portrait of skid row policing as a political process. Police are regularly called upon to negotiate often-conflicting sets of demands, especially within the context of disadvantaged or troubled neighbourhoods. Examining a broad spectrum of police procedures and community responses, Huey offers a reconceptualization of the police as political actors who ''negotiate demands'' of different constituencies. How the police meet these demands  thr

Negotiating Demands

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 28 April 2007
      ISBN-13 9780802094827
      978-0802094827
      ISBN-10 0802094821

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The relationship between policing and the governance of society is an important and complex one, especially as it relates to destitute areas. Through a comparative analysis of policing in skid row districts in three cities  Edinburgh, San Francisco, and Vancouver  Negotiating Demands offers an inside look at the influence of local political, moral, and economic issues on police practices within marginalized communities.

      Through an analysis of various theoretical approaches and ethnographic field data, Laura Huey unveils a portrait of skid row policing as a political process. Police are regularly called upon to negotiate often-conflicting sets of demands, especially within the context of disadvantaged or troubled neighbourhoods. Examining a broad spectrum of police procedures and community responses, Huey offers a reconceptualization of the police as political actors who ''negotiate demands'' of different constituencies. How the police meet these demands  thr

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