• Complain
LitArk » Books » Politics

Vicky Conway - Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána

Here you can read online Vicky Conway - Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. year: 2013, publisher: Routledge, genre: Politics. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:

Romance novel Science fiction Adventure Detective Science History Home and family Prose Art Politics Computer Non-fiction Religion Business Children Humor

Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.

No cover
  • Book:
    Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
    Routledge
  • Genre:
  • Year:
    2013
  • Rating:
    4 / 5
  • Favourites:
    Add to favourites
  • Your mark:
    • 80
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána: summary, description and annotation

We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.

The twentieth century was a time of rapid social change in Ireland: from colonial rule to independence, civil war and later the Troubles; from poverty to globalisation and the Celtic Tiger; and from the rise to the fall of the Catholic Church. Policing in Ireland has been shaped by all of these changes. This book critically evaluates the creation of the new police force, an Garda Sochna, in the 1920s and analyses how this institution was influenced by and responded to these substantial changes.

Beginning with an overview of policing in pre-independence Ireland, this book chronologically charts the history of policing in Ireland. It presents data from oral history interviews with retired garda who served between the 1950s and 1990s, giving unique insight into the experience of policing Ireland, the first study of its kind in Ireland. Particular attention is paid to the difficulties of transition, the early encounters with the IRA, the policing of the Blueshirts, the world wars, gangs in Dublin and the growth of drugs and crime. Particularly noteworthy is the analysis of policing the Troubles and the immense difficulties that generated.

This book is essential reading for those interested in policing or Irish history, but is equally important for those concerned with the legacy of colonialism and transition.

Vicky Conway: author's other books


Who wrote Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.


No cover
No cover
Vicky Conway
Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána

Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓
↑
Reset

Interval:

↓
↑

Bookmark:

Make
1234567...91
This is an interesting book on the police force of the Republic of Ireland, An Garda Sochna, and forms a valuable contribution to our knowledge of policing within the British Isles. Conway traces the development of the Garda from independence in the early 1920s through the Troubles, and to adjusting to arapidly changing society in recent decades while facing several scandals. It is an engaging analysis of an under-researched force which emerged from British colonial policing and uniquely served as a pillar of reconstruction in post-independence Irish society.
Maurice Punch, Visiting Professor, King's College London
and London School of Economics, UK
Policing Twentieth Century Ireland is a must read for scholars of Irish policing and of policing scholars more generally. Policing in Ireland has left its fingerprints on policing practices across the globe and this authoritative and well written book sheds new light on a history of policing so intermeshed with the nature and development of the state, conflict and social change. It is a welcome addition for criminologists, sociologists, lawyers and historians.
Sharon Pickering, Australian Research Council Professorial
Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology,
Monash University, Australia
In this book Dr Vicky Conway paints a rich and valuable picture of policing in Ireland over the last 100 years. It is highly readable, well informed and thoughtful, and will be invaluable to anyone interested in Irish policing or curious about criminal law enforcement in states that have undergone a transition from colonial to independent rule. It throws wonderful light in particular on the colonial and post-colonial determinants that have shaped and continue to shape the governance and legitimacy of policing in Ireland. Employing post-colonial theory as one tool of analysis, Conway provides an insight not ordinarily captured in conventional Anglo-American policing histories. She seamlessly weaves the personal accounts of 42 retired members of the Irish police force with more academic analyses, ensuring a rich and nuanced commentary. Combing the personal with the scholarly, and the historical with the conceptual, this book is both original and compelling.
Shane Kilcommins, Professor of Law,
University College Cork, Ireland
Policing Twentieth Century Ireland
The twentieth century was a time of rapid social change in Ireland: from colonial rule to independence, civil war and later the Troubles; from poverty to globalisation and the Celtic Tiger; and from the rise to the fall of the Catholic Church. Policing in Ireland has been shaped by all of these changes. This book critically evaluates the creation of the new police force, an Garda Siochana, in the 1920s and analyses how this institution was influenced by and responded to these substantial changes.
Beginning with an overview of policing in pre-independence Ireland, this book chronologically charts the history of policing in Ireland. It presents data from oral history interviews with retired gardai who served between the 1950s and 1990s, giving unique insight into the experience of policing Ireland, the first study of its kind in Ireland. Particular attention is paid to the difficulties of transition, the early encounters with the IRA, the policing of the Blueshirts, the world wars, gangs in Dublin and the growth of drugs and crime. Particularly noteworthy is the analysis of policing the Troubles and the immense difficulties that generated.
This book is essential reading for those interested in policing or Irish history, but is equally important for those concerned with the legacy of colonialism and transition.
Vicky Conway is a senior lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of Kent. With degrees in law and criminology she completed her PhD on accountability in the Irish police at Queen's University Belfast in 2008. She has previously held positions at the University of Leeds, University of Limerick and Queen's University Belfast. She has published extensively on policing and the Garda Siochana and regularly contributes to humanrights.ie.
Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories
Edited by Kim Stevenson
University of Plymouth
Judith Rowbotham
Nottingham Trent University
David Nash
Oxford Brookes University
This series is a collaboration between Routledge and the SOLON consortium (promoting studies in law, crime and history), to present cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in crime and criminal justice history, through monographs and thematic collected editions which reflect on key issues and dilemmas in criminology and socio-legal studies by locating them within a historical dimension. The emphasis here is on inspiring use of historical and historiographical methodological approaches to the contextualising and understanding of current priorities and problems. This series aims to highlight the best, most innovative interdisciplinary work from both new and established scholars in the field, through focusing on the enduring historical resonances to current core criminological and socio-legal issues.
Shame, Blame and Culpability
Crime and violence in the modern state
Edited by Judith Rowbotham, Marianna Muravyeva and David Nash
Policing Twentieth Century Ireland
A history of an Garda Sochna
Vicky Conway
Policing Twentieth
Century Ireland
A history of an Garda Sochna
Vicky Conway
Policing Twentieth Century Ireland A History of An Garda Sochna - image 1
First published 2014
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
2014 Vicky Conway
The right of Vicky Conway to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Conway, Vicky.
Policing twentieth century Ireland : a history of an Garda Siochana / Vicky
Conway.
pages cm. (Routledge SOLON explorations in crime and
criminal justice histories)
1. Ireland. Garda Sochna. I. Title.
HV8198.A2C663 2013
363.209417dc23 2013006149
ISBN: 978-0-415-69194-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-07000-0 (ebk)
Typeset in Times New Roman
by Deer Park Productions
Dedicated to my parents, Rory and Jean
Contents
First and foremost, I would like to thank those retired gardai who permitted me to interview them. They happily gave of their time, welcomed me into their homes and shared with me their breadth of experience. They were honest and encouraging, and often followed up with additional material for me. Theirs is a story not often told but an important one to hear. I hope this book does justice to the lives they shared. I am also grateful to those persons who put me in touch with these retired gardai. I'm sorry for hounding you!
Next page
1234567...91
Light

Font size:

↓
↑
Reset

Interval:

↓
↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána»

Look at similar books to Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.


Hourly History - Irish Civil War: A History from Beginning to End
Irish Civil War: A History from Beginning to End
Hourly History
Irish Civil War: A History from Beginning to End
Laurence Marley - The British Labour Party and Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, the Cause of Labour
The British Labour Party and Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, the Cause of Labour
Laurence Marley
The British Labour Party and Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, the Cause of Labour
Paul Mitchell - Politics In Northern Ireland
Politics In Northern Ireland
Paul Mitchell
Politics In Northern Ireland
Cara Diver - Marital Violence in Post-Independence Ireland, 1922-96: a Living Tomb for Women
Marital Violence in Post-Independence Ireland, 1922-96: a Living Tomb for Women
Cara Diver
Marital Violence in Post-Independence Ireland, 1922-96: a Living Tomb for Women
Ivan Gibbons - Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided
Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided
Ivan Gibbons
Partition: How and Why Ireland was Divided
Edmund Curtis - A History of Medieval Ireland: From 1086 to 1513
A History of Medieval Ireland: From 1086 to 1513
Edmund Curtis
A History of Medieval Ireland: From 1086 to 1513
McMahon - A Short History of Ireland
A Short History of Ireland
McMahon
A Short History of Ireland
Connolly - Detective: a life upholding the law
Detective: a life upholding the law
Connolly
Detective: a life upholding the law
Dermot Keogh - Twentieth-Century Ireland: Revolution and State Building (New Gill History of Ireland)
Twentieth-Century Ireland: Revolution and State Building (New Gill History of Ireland)
Dermot Keogh
Twentieth-Century Ireland: Revolution and State Building (New Gill History of Ireland)
Terence Brown - Ireland: A Social and Cultural History 1922–2001
Ireland: A Social and Cultural History 1922–2001
Terence Brown
Ireland: A Social and Cultural History 1922–2001
No cover
No cover
J. R. Hill
A New History of Ireland, Volume VII: Ireland, 1921-84
No cover
No cover
T.W. Moody
A New History of Ireland, Vol. 3: Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1691
Reviews about «Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána»

Discussion, reviews of the book Policing Twentieth Century Ireland: A History of An Garda Síochána and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.