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A General Police System: Political Economy and Security in the Age of Enlightenment

A General Police System: Political Economy and Security in the Age of Enlightenment

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CriminologyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0981280706
ISBN13: 9780981280707
Publisher: Red Quill Books
Published: Aug 29 2009
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
While contemporary inquiries into theoretical linkages between political economy and security are rare, the exploration of these connections formed the cornerstone of political, social and economic philosophy during the upheavals of post-feudal Europe. A General Police System, a term borrowed from the late eighteenth century thinker Patrick Colquhoun, examines the overlapping genealogies of commerce, security, surveillance and the problem of poverty in the works of foundational English and Continental thinkers of the 17th to early 19th centuries. The authors thus revive the epic project of police and critically re-examine its drive to classify, regulate and control populations, providing a renewed materialist contribution toward a contemporary critique of security.

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