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Author Yakhlef, Sophia

Title Cross-Border Police Collaboration Building Communities of Practice in the Baltic Sea Area
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (177 p.)
Series Routledge Innovations in Policing Ser
Routledge Innovations in Policing Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Outline of the Book -- Background of the Project -- The EU: Policies and Legal Frameworks -- Perspectives on Transnational Border Policing -- About the Study -- (Multi-Sited) Fieldwork -- Interviews and Documents -- Ethical Considerations -- A Community of Practice Perspective -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 1 A Culture of Distrust: Problems of Police Collaboration -- The Dilemma of Collaboration
Legal, Organizational, and Structural Obstacles -- Cultural Obstacles: Differences and European Culture -- The Post-Communist Heritage -- Us and Them: Opposite Extremes -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Hoping for Collaboration: Finding Common Ground -- Goals and Visions of the Project -- The Management Board Meeting -- Getting Results? -- Hands-On Results: Learning from One Another -- The Border Guard Codex -- Accounting for Their Mission -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Modes of Collaboration: Working Together -- The Power Weeks: Working Cases, Finding "Hits"
Hands-On Work -- Providing Information -- Generating Routines -- Solving Technical Problems -- Language and Communication -- Formal Meetings -- The "Unsuccessful Telephone Meeting" -- Documenting Results -- Working with Objects -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Creating a Community -- Building Trust through Informal Socializing -- After Work Socializing -- (Border) Police Humor and Banter -- The Masculinity of "Crime Fighters" and Self-Irony -- Jokes and Hegemonic Masculinity -- Inside Jokes and Mockery -- Setting Boundaries -- Storytelling in Project Turnstone -- Stories of Success
Stories of Emotional Hardship -- Anecdotal Stories and Folk Theorizing -- The "Circle of Trust" -- Was Project Turnstone a Success? -- Finding the Right Guys? -- In-Group Mentality -- The Emergence of a (New) Community -- Sustaining Collaboration? -- Loyalty and Feedback -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Concluding Discussion -- Accounting for Motivation and Joint Enterprise -- Working Together -- Negotiation and Formalization -- A Shared Repertoire and Identity -- The "Circle of Trust" -- Implications and Further Research -- References -- Documents Provided by the Project Participants
Online Resources -- Organization Websites -- Appendix: History and Information about the Participating Organizations -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Police -- Baltic Sea Region -- International cooperation
Law enforcement -- Baltic Sea Region -- International cooperation
Border security -- Baltic Sea Region
Transnational crime -- Baltic Sea Region
Border security
Law enforcement -- International cooperation
Police -- International cooperation
Transnational crime
Europe -- Baltic Sea Region
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000223217
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9781000223316
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9781000223262
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9781003082972
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