LEADER 03253nam 22005654a 450 001 9910780199103321 005 20230422042415.0 010 $a1-84964-032-7 010 $a0-585-42582-5 035 $a(CKB)111056486517312 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23054297 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000133043 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145736 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133043 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10040688 035 $a(PQKB)10732071 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386104 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386104 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5000385 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987786 035 $a(OCoLC)923330596 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486517312 100 $a19991213d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe crowned harp$b[electronic resource] $epolicing Northern Ireland /$fGraham Ellison and Jim Smyth 210 $aLondon$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary Irish studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1393-0 311 $a0-7453-1398-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [196]-209) and index. 330 $bThe Crowned Harp provides a detailed analysis of policing in Northern Ireland. Tracing its history from 1922, Ellison and Smyth portray the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as an organisation burdened by its past as a colonial police force. They analyse its perceived close relationship with unionism and why, for many nationalists, the RUC embodied the problem of the legitimacy of Northern Ireland, arguing that decisions made on the organisation, composition and ideology of policing in the early years of the state had consequences which went beyond the everyday practice of policing. The authors provide an extended discussion of policing after the outbreak of civil unrest in 1969, ask why policing was cast in a paramilitary mould, and look at the use of special constabularies and the way in which the police dealt with social unrest which threatened to break down sectarian divisions. Examining the reorganisations of the RUC in the 1970's and 1980's, Ellison and Smyth focus on the various structural, legal and ideological components, the professionalisation of the force and the development of a coherent, if contradictory, ideology. The analysis of the RUC during this period sheds light on the problematic nature of using the police as a counter insurgency force in a divided society. Perceptions of the police, and the opinions of rank and file members are examined and an assessment is made of the various alternative models of policing, such as community policing and local control. This book offers important lessons about the nature of policing in divided societies. 410 0$aContemporary Irish studies. 606 $aPolice$zNorthern Ireland 615 0$aPolice 676 $a363.2/09416 700 $aEllison$b Graham$01546636 701 $aSmyth$b Jim$01546637 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780199103321 996 $aThe crowned harp$93802420 997 $aUNINA