Sentiment, Reason, and Law : : Policing in the Republic of China on Taiwan / / Jeffrey T. Martin.

What if the job of police was to cultivate the political will of a community to live with itself (rather than enforce law, keep order, or fight crime)? In Sentiment, Reason, and Law, Jeffrey T. Martin describes a world where that is the case.The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Police/Worlds: Studies in Security, Crime, and Governance
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Physical Description:1 online resource (186 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Backstage Passage
  • 2. The Paichusuo and the Jurisdiction of Qing
  • 3. Policing and the Politics of Care
  • 4. Administrative Repair
  • 5. Holding Things Together
  • 6. Strong Democracy, Weak Police
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index