The discreet charm of the police state : : the Landpolizei and the transformation of Bavaria, 1945-1965 / / by Jose Raymund Canoy.

• Superior document: Studies in Central European histories, v. 41
• Author: Canoy, Jose Raymund.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Central European histories ; v. 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book examines the relationship between authoritarian policing and the modernization of postwar Germany’s largest state in a passage from postwar crisis to consumer prosperity. Early in this transition, pre-Nazi (but also pre-liberal-democratic) authoritarian police traditions reemerged to meet the challenges of public order in the U.S. occupation. Authoritarian policing then helped define the evolving relationship between society and state during the economic miracle of the 1950's. However, this regime’s success in midwifing a new, post-agricultural society led to its obsolescence and disappearance by the mid-1960's. This story highlights the role of state authoritarianism in the emergence of prosperous post-ideological societies during the later twentieth century.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J.R. Canoy -- Introduction / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter One. The Early Career Of Bavaria’S Postwar Police Chief And The Origins Of The Modern Bavarian Policing Tradition / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Two. Americans, Bavarians, And The Police Organization Question In 1945 / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Three. The \'Foreignization\' Of Occupation Crime, The Development Of An Identity Regime, And The Postwar Emergence Of Authoritarian Policing / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Four. A State Within A State? The Landpolizei In Postwar Bavarian Administrative Politics / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Five. Police And Cultural Defense: Upholding Public Order In Rural Bavaria In The 1950's / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Six. The Landpolizei, The \'Popular Mood,\' And Political Policing / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Seven. Obsolescence, Renewal, And Transcendence: The Landpolizei And Suburbanization / J.R. Canoy -- Chapter Eight. The Great Technological Fix And The Passing Of The Traditional Police State / J.R. Canoy -- Conclusion / J.R. Canoy -- Sources / J.R. Canoy -- Index / J.R. Canoy.