Overview
- Marks one of the first comparative analysis of policing in Greater China
- Draws from case studies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao
- Outlines the extensive nature of policing in the region, which also comprises protest control, corruption, immigration management, and intergovernmental police cooperation and coordination in addition to regular crime control
Part of the book series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China (PDCC)
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Reviews
“Viewing policing in mainland China through a unique Greater China perspective, this volume compares and contrasts the PRC police system with its counterparts in the three off-shore Chinese societies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao that are all ex-foreign colonies with varied legal-administrative structure and ideo-political realities. This makes better sense than trying to measure Chinese Communist policing against Western standards as seen in the EU (with its alarming anti-terrorism gaps) and the USA (for its tarnished local policing records of entrenched racial bias, excessive use of force, and sheer brutality). This book offers up-to-date coverage with two chapters on Hong Kong’s autumn 2014 Umbrella Movement and spring 2016 Mongkok riots as extremely revealing case studies on police-protesters interactive dynamics.” (Ming K Chan, Distinguished Practitioner, Center for East Asian Studies, StanfordUniversity, USA)
“Professor Sonny Lo is one Hong Kong’s most distinguished Political Scientists. His body of work is remarkable, not least, because it consistently and acutely reflects the importance of the Greater China context. This new book fits within this singular, long-term research agenda. The Politics of Policing in Greater China is especially topical, thorough, and cogently argued.” (Richard Cullen, Visiting Professor Law, Hong Kong University)
“In an elegant, cogent and systematic work, Sonny Lo has thrown out a challenge to serious students of comparative policing. Not only are the case studies of policing in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, unique in their detail and analytic power, they are rich in nuance. Using a framework that incorporates the features of democratic policing, Lo enriches and illuminates the question: what are police good for? This book is essential reading, one that must be read-imaginative, insightful and challenging. I see it as foundational for future studies of the democratization of policing in the modern world.” (Peter K. Manning, Elmer V.H. and Eileen M. Brooks Chair in Policing, Northeastern University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sonny Lo is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Director of the Centre for Governance and Citizenship at the Education University of Hong Kong. He formerly worked at the University of Waterloo, Canada, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Murdoch University, Australia, Lingnan College, and the University of East Asia, Macau. Being an internationally recognised expert in Hong Kong politics, Macau politics, and cross-border crime in Greater China, Professor Lo is the author of ten single-authored books, including Political Change in Macao, which was awarded the First Class Prize by the Macau Foundation in October 2009.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Policing in Greater China
Authors: Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
Series Title: Politics and Development of Contemporary China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39070-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39069-1Published: 23 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39070-7Published: 21 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2355
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2363
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 333
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Politics, Policing, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Public Policy