Acknowledgements -- A mirror reflection of society : police in post-Soviet countries -- Transformative violence and mobilization -- Components of police reform : transformative violence and pre-existing dissent infrastructure in urban areas -- Georgia : refurbishment vs. reform -- Kyrgyzstan : political space opens, then closes -- Ukraine's reformists and their rivals -- Rural violence and reassertion of state control in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan -- Rural violence and expansion of policing in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan -- Comparative perspective : transformative violence around the world -- Conclusions : transforming post-Soviet police -- Notes -- Index
Summary
What does it take to reform a post-Soviet police force? This book explores the conditions in which a meaningful transformation of the police is likely to succeed and when it will fail. Based on the analysis of five post-Soviet countries that have officially embarked on police reform efforts, Erica Marat examines various pathways to transforming how the state relates to society through policing
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2018)
