{"product_id":"the-police-the-state-and-michel-thill-9781350468788","title":"The Police, the State and the Congo Cop","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis open access book offers the first full-length, empirical deep-dive into everyday policework in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\u003c\/b\u003e At the same time, its findings go well beyond the DRC and Africa, ultimately providing a new, startlingly nuanced theoretical framework for understanding what police practice and reform efforts tell us about states anywhere in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing officers from the classroom to the station and the street, Michel Thill offers five narrative-driven chapters rich with historical detail and thick description that show how the police force, as an institution, struggles to coordinate practice with training, coercion with persuasion and reconciliation, and the need to make ends meet with the duty to serve the public. By delving into the convoluted repercussions of police reform, Thill identifies the tensions that shape everyday policework, thereby offering new ways of thinking about police reform while offering practical guidance for practitioners and policymakers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Thill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350468789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350468788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Michel Thill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244113969407,"sku":"9781350468788","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad9bf9be-47a9-43bf-9eaf-7a73ffbe5db1.jpg?v=1758134971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-police-the-state-and-michel-thill-9781350468788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}