The racial politics of police warfare by Jasbinder S Nijjar
Amid renewed anti-racist resistance to violent policing, The racial politics of police warfare unpacks the racisms that rationalise militarised policing in contemporary Britain. Jasbinder S. Nijjar shatters prevailing myths about British police as an impartial public service, by revealing it as an institution where racism and war reinforce one another. In examining flagship anti-gang and counter-terrorism policies and practices, the book offers a unique analysis of the relationship between anti-Black and anti-Muslim racisms, to demonstrate how racialised populations are institutionalised as common enemies of modernity. Combining perspectives from sociology, history, criminology and social policy, Nijjar illustrates how British policing defends law and order and national security from the perceived threat of race through hyper-intrusive, pre-emptive and deathly measures. Accordingly, he gives a fresh take on resisting racial police warfare, calling for strategies that are at once political, collective, anti-militaristic and abolitionist.
Jasbinder S. Nijjar is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Social and Political Sciences Department at Brunel University of London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781526174420 |
| ISBN 10 | 1526174421 |
| Title | The racial politics of police warfare |
| Author | Jasbinder S Nijjar |
| Series | Racism Resistance And Social Change |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2026-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
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