{"product_id":"violence-work-micol-seigel-9781478000020","title":"Violence Work: State Power and the Limits of Police","description":"In \u003ci\u003eViolence Work\u003c\/i\u003e Micol Seigel offers a new theorization of the quintessential incarnation of state power: the police. Foregrounding the interdependence of policing, the state, and global capital, Seigel redefines policing as \"violence work,\" showing how it is shaped by its role of channeling state violence. She traces this dynamic by examining the formation, demise, and aftermath of the U.S. State Department's Office of Public Safety (OPS), which between 1962 and 1974 specialized in training police forces internationally. Officially a civilian agency, the OPS grew and operated in military and counterinsurgency realms in ways that transgressed the borders that are meant to contain the police within civilian, public, and local spheres. Tracing the career paths of OPS agents after their agency closed, Seigel shows how police practices writ large are rooted in violence-especially against people of color, the poor, and working people-and how understanding \u003ci\u003epolice\u003c\/i\u003e as a civilian, public, and local institution legitimizes state violence while preserving the myth of state benevolence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micol Seigel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478000023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478000020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019","brand":"Micol Seigel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458635935999,"sku":"9781478000020","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b695fefd-a259-4f5d-86c9-d96868483529.jpg?v=1777405663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/violence-work-micol-seigel-9781478000020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}