The course will examine selected topics in security governance. Complementing university courses on public or state policing, which emphasize the role of the state in maintaining public order, we will examine how security is jointly produced through the interactions of state, commercial, civil society, and individual actors. Topics to be covered include the following: the public police and theories of security governance, private and privatized policing, plural policing and other non-state sources of public order, and private ownership of weapons. Students should gain an understanding of the myriad ways in which the state and other actors interact to create, maintain, and reshape public order.
The course will examine selected topics in security governance. Complementing university courses on public or state policing, which emphasize the role of the state in maintaining public order, we will examine how security is jointly produced through the interactions of state, commercial, civil society, and individual actors. Topics to be covered include the following: the public police and theories of security governance, private and privatized policing, plural policing and other non-state sources of public order, and private ownership of weapons. Students should gain an understanding of the myriad ways in which the state and other actors interact to create, maintain, and reshape public order.
