Policing, recongnition, and belonging
By: LOADER, Ian
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, May 2006The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 605, p. 202-221Abstract: In this article, the author reflects on the question of how policing institutions can help to foster and sustain the values and practices of democracy. The authors overarching concern is to outline and defend a conception of democratic policing that highlights the role of policing agencies in recognizing the legitimate claims of all individuals and groups affected by police actions and affirming their sense of belonging to a political community. From this perspective, the author offers a critique of certain prominent forms of what he calls ambient policing and aims to cast some new light on the issue of how policing contributes toor underminescitizen security in democratic societies.
In this article, the author reflects on the question of how policing institutions can help to foster and sustain the values and practices of democracy. The authors overarching concern is to outline and defend a conception of democratic policing that highlights the role of policing agencies in recognizing the legitimate claims of all individuals and groups affected by police actions and affirming their sense of belonging to a political community. From this perspective, the author offers a critique of certain prominent forms of what he calls ambient policing and aims to cast some new light on the issue of how policing contributes toor underminescitizen security in democratic societies.
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