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"Jessie Wozniak’s Policing Iraq presents a sensible and effective central argument that rests on the importance of police effectiveness in war-stricken environments."
* American Journal of Sociology *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

1. Kurds, Criminal Justice, and State Legitimacy
2. The Face of the State: How Police Are Central to Modern Governance
3. "Ninety-Nine Percent of Our Problems Are Due to the Budget": The Lofty Expectations and Dismal Reality of Reconstruction
4. "Nothing on How to Investigate, Nothing on How to Talk to or Deal with People": The Cultural Performance of Policing
5. "If You Have No Degree, You Can Work Here": Qualifications, Consent, and Coercion
6. "The Law Is in One Valley, but Reality Is in a Different Valley": Tribes, Political Parties, and Governments Compete for Control
7. Police, State Making, and Imperialism

Appendix: On Conducting Conflict Research
Notes
References
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 09/03/2021
      ISBN13: 9780520355712, 978-0520355712
      ISBN10: 0520355717
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      Middle Eastern history Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Jessie Wozniak’s Policing Iraq presents a sensible and effective central argument that rests on the importance of police effectiveness in war-stricken environments."
      * American Journal of Sociology *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      1. Kurds, Criminal Justice, and State Legitimacy
      2. The Face of the State: How Police Are Central to Modern Governance
      3. "Ninety-Nine Percent of Our Problems Are Due to the Budget": The Lofty Expectations and Dismal Reality of Reconstruction
      4. "Nothing on How to Investigate, Nothing on How to Talk to or Deal with People": The Cultural Performance of Policing
      5. "If You Have No Degree, You Can Work Here": Qualifications, Consent, and Coercion
      6. "The Law Is in One Valley, but Reality Is in a Different Valley": Tribes, Political Parties, and Governments Compete for Control
      7. Police, State Making, and Imperialism

      Appendix: On Conducting Conflict Research
      Notes
      References
      Index

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