Badges Without Borders
Stuart Schrader
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Badges Without Borders
Published
2019
Publisher
University of California Press
Pages
416
ISBN-13
9780520968332
Description
"Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing explains how the Cold War U.S. effort to professionalize police in other countries reverberated domestically, leading to the rise of the carceral state. The book traces the history of the Office of Public Safety, the U.S. government's overseas police assistance arm tasked with countering communist insurgency in over 50 countries, and illustrates how it called upon the leading U.S. policing experts. It shows that the Office of Public Safety was a key instrument of Cold War U.S. empire, a configuration of geopolitical power that tried to escape the history of racism within the United States but remained captive to it. In following the cross-border exchanges and circulations of policing experts, Badges Without Borders reveals a hidden dimension of U.S. global power and illustrates the bureaucratic battles that empowered police to wage the Cold War in Third World countries. In turn, this group of policing experts shaped state responses to political unrest and Black freedom struggles at home, instituting more aggressive forms of racialized social control. The book reveals how central overseas projections of U.S. power were to policing tactics and technologies that shape life on American streets today"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Financial Management
Financial audit
USAID press
The promotion of birth control by the United States Agency for International Development
USAID anticorruption strategy
Strategic plan
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Badges Without Borders?
This edition of Badges Without Borders has approximately 416 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Badges Without Borders?
For most readers, Badges Without Borders typically takes between 8h 40m and 5h 47m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 104,000 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 6h 56m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 14 days • Estimated word count: 104,000 words
Your individual reading time will vary based on your personal reading pace, the amount of daily reading time, and your familiarity with the subject matter.
What is the word count of Badges Without Borders?
The estimated word count for Badges Without Borders is approximately 104,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Badges Without Borders?
Badges Without Borders was written by Stuart Schrader.
When was Badges Without Borders published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2019. The original work may have been published on a different date.