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The Politics of Policing in Greater China, 1st ed. 2017
Politics and Development of Contemporary China Series
Language: EnglishSubjects for The Politics of Policing in Greater China:
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Asia; China; criminology; policing; political science; politics; social science
333 p. · 14.8x21 cm · Hardback
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Sonny Lo is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Director of the Centre for Governance and Citizenship at the Education University of Hong Kong. He formerly worked at the University of Waterloo, Canada, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Murdoch University, Australia, Lingnan College, and the University of East Asia, Macau. Being an internationally recognised expert in Hong Kong politics, Macau politics, and cross-border crime in Greater China, Professor Lo is the author of ten single-authored books, including Political Change in Macao, which was awarded the First Class Prize by the Macau Foundation in October 2009.
Marks one of the first comparative analysis of policing in Greater China
Draws from case studies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao
Outlines the extensive nature of policing in the region, which also comprises protest control, corruption, immigration management, and intergovernmental police cooperation and coordination in addition to regular crime control