Intro; Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Tables and Figures; Tables; Table 3.1 Levels of Police Functions and Roles in Relation to State Development; Table 6.1 State Policing Requirements; Figures; Figure 2.1 Policing in Africa: Thematic Diversity Since Independence; Figure 3.1 Layers of Policing in States; Figure 3.2 Role and Legitimacy in Police Systems; Figure 4.1 Ethiopia: Federal Police Structure; Figure 4.2 Ethiopia: Regional Police Structure; Figure 8.1 Enforcement Systems; Preface; Notes
Chapter 1- Toward a Critique of Policing and National Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1990Western Perspectives; Three Fundamental Questions; The Police and the State; Policing in the 1990s; Liberalization and Democratization in the 1990s; The Broad View; Notes; Chapter 2- Policing the Postcolonial State; Colonial Policing; Independence; Characteristics of Postcolonial Policing; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3- The Police and Politics; Political Relationships; The Political Environment: Key Concepts; Police Structures and Linkages: The Primacy of Political Order; Models of Police Systems
NotesChapter 4- Models of African Policing: Evolution and Conversion; Model 1â#x80;#x94;Evolution: Uganda; Model 2â#x80;#x94;Conversion: Ethiopia; Notes; Chapter 5- Models of African Policing: Construction and Integration; Model 3â#x80;#x94;Construction: Eritrea; Model 4â#x80;#x94;Integration: Namibia; Notes; Chapter 6- Models of African Policing: Transition; Fragmenting African States in the 1990s; Model 5â#x80;#x94;Transition: Crisis and Recovery in Somalia and the Self-Proclaimed Republic of Somaliland; Fragmentation: Regime Choice in Congo (Zaire); Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7- Models of African Policing: Adaptation
Model 6â#x80;#x94;Adaptation: Changing RelationshipsAlternative States; Commercial Security; Self-Policing; Vigilantism; Community Policing and Crime Prevention; Liberalization and Democratization; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8- Conclusion: Modalities of Policing Africa; Notes; Acronyms; Bibliography; Index; About the Book; Untitled
Summary
The use and abuse of political power in Africa has been closely related to the role and function of the police. Alice Hills explores the impact of the cautious moves toward liberalization across the continent both on policing systems and on the relationship between those systems and national development. Hills engages contemporary debates on security sector reform, governance, law and justice, and civil society to examine the environment within which Africa's police forces operate. She also addresses the special problems confronting reconstructed states: the prevalence of low-intensity conflic
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index
