{"product_id":"from-family-to-police-force-farhana-ibrahim-9781501759536","title":"From Family to Police Force: Security and Belonging on a South Asian Border","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Family to Police Force\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e illuminates the production and contestation of social, familial, and national order on a South Asian borderland.\u003c\/b\u003e In the borderland that divides Kutch, a district in the western Indian state of Gujarat, from Sindh, a southern province in Pakistan, there are many forces at work: civil and border police, the air wing of the armed forces, paramilitary forces, and various intelligence agencies that depute officers to the region. These groups are the major actors in the field of security and policing. Farhana Ibrahim offers a bird's-eye view of these groups, drawing on long-standing anthropological engagement with the region. She observes policing on multiple levels, showing in detail that the nation-state is only one of the scales at which policing is enacted at a borderland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIbrahim draws on multiple sources and forms of policing structure to illuminate everyday interaction on the personal scale, bringing families and individuals into the broader picture. \u003ci\u003eFrom Family to Police Force\u003c\/i\u003e looks beyond the obvious sites, sources, and modes of policing to show the distinctions between the act of policing and the institution of the police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farhana Ibrahim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501759531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501759536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022","brand":"Farhana Ibrahim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088465408255,"sku":"9781501759536","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d868368b-7e47-419d-864a-543fd5e4e07a.jpg?v=1769104947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-family-to-police-force-farhana-ibrahim-9781501759536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}