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

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...

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Superior document:Studies in Central European histories, v. 41
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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.
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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.