Insecure guardians : enforcement, encounters and everyday policing in postcolonial Karachi /

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and post-colonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Waseem, Zoha (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Series:	Comparative politics and international studies series.
Subjects:	Law enforcement > Pakistan > Karachi. Police > Pakistan > Karachi. Criminal justice, Administration of > Pakistan > Karachi. Lois > Application > Pākistān > Karāchi. India & South Asia. Asia. HISTORY. Geopolitics. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Criminal justice, Administration of Law enforcement Police Pakistan > Karachi Social services & welfare, criminology. True Crime. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Post-Colonial Policing
2. Structures of Suppression
3. Of Survival and Subsistence
4. Beyond the Grey Lines
5. The Other Brother
6. Conclusion