Prelims; Epilogue; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1. The nature and structure of international police cooperation: an introduction; Part I. Current conceptual issues in police cooperation; Chapter 2. Police and judicial cooperation in Europe: bilateral versus multilateral cooperation; Chapter 3. Towards a governance model of police cooperation in Europe: the twist between networks and bureacracies
Chapter 4. A market-oriented explanation of the expansion of the role of Europol: filling the demand for crimial intelligence through entrepreneurial initiativesPart II. Applied police cooperation: initiatives and limitations; Chapter 5. Iterative development of cooperation within an increasingly complex environment: example of a Swiss regional analysis centre; Chapter 6. The Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: a laboratory for police and judicial cooperation in the European Union; Chapter 7. Convergent models of police cooperation: the
Summary
The globalization of threats and the complexity of international security issues represent more than ever a challenge for international policing, thereby (re)shaping the configuration of inter-agency interaction. This book brings together original research that examines opportunities and initiatives undertaken by agencies as well as the impact of external legal, political, and economical pressures
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-349) and index
