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OverviewThis book focuses on urban crime and policing in Turkey since the steady economic decline of the 1990s. Concentrating on the attempts to 'modernize' the policing of Izmir, Zeynep Gonen highlights how the police force expanded their territorial control over the urban space, specifically targeting the poor and racialized segments of the city. Through in-depth interviews and ethnographic observations of these 'targeted' populations, as well as rare ethnographic data from the Turkish police, surveys of the media and politicians' rhetoric, Gonen shows how Kurdish migrants have been criminalized as dangerous 'enemies' of the order. In studying the ideological and material processes of criminalization, The Politics of Crime in Turkey makes the case for the neoliberal politics of crime that uses the notion of 'security' to legitimize violence and authoritarianism. The book will be of interest to criminologists, as well as those investigating the modern Turkish state and its relationship to the Kurds in the wider region. The multilayered methodology and conceptual approach sheds light on parallel developments in penal and security systems across the globe. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zeynep GönenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781784535438ISBN 10: 1784535435 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 03 November 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One:The Neoliberal Penal State Chapter Two: Neoliberal Ideologies of Crime in Urban Turkey Chapter Three: The Crisis and Reinvention of the Police Chapter Four: Giuliani in Izmir: Restructuring Public Order Policing and Criminalizing the Target Populations Chapter Five: Policing a Kurdish Shantytown ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationZeynep Gonen is an independent researcher, having been Assistant Professor at Beykent University, Turkey. She has a PhD in Sociology from Binghamton University, New York, where her thesis received two awards. She has published in the journals Critical Criminology and Praksis as well as for the NGO TESEV. She is currently involved in various community projects in Turkey. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |