Policing European Metropolises : The Politics of Security in City-Regions

Understanding the politics of security in city-regions is increasingly important for the study of contemporary policing. This book argues that national and international governing arrangements are being outflanked by various transnational threats, including the cross-border terrorism of the attacks on Paris in 2015 and Brussels in 2016; trafficking in people, narcotics and armaments; cybercrime; the deregulation of global financial services; and environmental crime. Metropolises are the focal points of the transnational networks through which policing problems are exported and imported across national borders, as they provide much of the demand for illicit markets and are the principal engines generating other policing challenges including political protest and civil unrest. This edited collection examines whether and how governing arrangements rooted in older systems of national sovereignty are adapting to these transnational challenges, and considers problems of and for policing in city-regions in the European Union and its single market. Bringing together experts from across the continent , Policing European Metropolises develops a sociology of urban policing in Europe and a unique methodology for comparing the experiences of different metropolises in the same country. This book will be of value to police researchers in Europe and abroad, as well as postgraduate students with an interest in policing and urban policy. 6 Policing in transition in the Nordic countries -- 7 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6. Slovenia: Metropolitan policing in post-socialist countries: The case of Slovenia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Changes in the concept of policing in Central and Eastern Europe: localisation, privatisation and Europeanisation -- 3 The impact of transformations in Central and Eastern Europe on local policing: the case of Slovenia -- 4 The challenges of local policing in Slovenia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART III: Divergence: active city-regions pursuing their own policing agendas -- 7.1. Italy: Urban policing in Italy: Some reflections from a comparative perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Responsibilisation strategies 'all'italiana' -- 3 Centralisation and the punitive turn -- 4 Governance through partnership -- 5 Police, plural policing and changes in social control in the city -- 6 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 7.2. Italy: Policing and urban control in Rome and Milan: A view from the southern edge of Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research questions and methodological issues -- 3 The evolution of urban security policy in Italy -- 4 A short socio-demographic profile of Rome and Milan -- 5 The policing agenda setting in Rome and Milan -- 6 Conclusions: convergence and divergence in Rome and Milan -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8. Britain: Metropolitan policing agendas in Britain: Divergent tendencies in a fragmenting state? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Comparing metropolitan policing agendas in the context of devolution -- 3 Comparing policing policy agendas in Bristol, Cardiff, London and Edinburgh -- 4 Convergent or divergent agendas? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 9. Germany: Policing metropolises in a system of cooperative federalism: Berlin as the German capital and a city-state compared to Cologne as the biggest city in North Rhine-Westphalia Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- PART I: Introduction -- 1. Processes of convergence and divergence in the policy formulation of policing strategies for European metropolises -- 1 The changing policy and social scientific discourse on public policing in Europe -- 2 Translating the policing of European metropolises -- 3 Comparing the formulation of public policing strategies in European metropolises: a conceptual framework -- 4 Comparing metropolitan policing strategies in the context of multiple internal security fields: a conceptual framework -- 5 Organisation of the book -- Note -- Bibliography -- 2. European national police systems and metropolitan realities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An analytical tool for the Policing European Metropolises Project -- 3 Historical diverse police systems -- 4 Territorial divided police systems -- 5 Unified police systems -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART II: Convergence: The dominance of national states in agenda setting -- 3. France: Governing metropolises: The false pretences of metropolisation -- 1 The emergence of local regimes of security -- 2 Metropolisation as a discontinuous process hurting co-production -- 3 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Portugal: Urban security governance in Portugal: Key elements and challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Urban security overview -- 3 Analysing contemporary urban security governance in Portugal -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5. Finland: Policing regimes in transition in the Nordic countries: Some critical notes from the Nordic reality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Societal security and the changing security environment -- 3 Policing the Nordic countries -- 4 The essence of the state -- 5 Policing Helsinki, the capital of Finland 1 Introduction -- 2 Policing in the context of cooperative federalism and 'unity in diversity' -- 3 Setting the agenda for policing in Berlin and Cologne: political context and institutional structures compared -- 4 Conclusion: setting the political agenda for policing German metropolises - convergence of path dependencies and remaining plurality -- Note -- Bibliography -- 10. Belgium: Governance of security in Antwerp and Brussels: Two of a kind? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 National dispositions that have an influence on metropolitan agenda setting -- 3 Antwerp and Brussels as Belgian metropolises -- 4 Conclusion and reflections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 11. The Netherlands: Local strategies for glocal challenges: Comparing policing agendas in Amsterdam and Rotterdam -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trends in the politics of contemporary policing in the Netherlands -- 3 Governmental and constitutional arrangements -- 4 Research questions and methods -- 5 Urban Policing in Amsterdam -- 6 Urban policing in Rotterdam -- 7 Conclusion: convergence and divergence in Amsterdam and Rotterdam -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART IV: Conclusion -- 12. The European world of metropolitan policing: Interpreting patterns of governance, policy and politics -- 1 Introduction: the metropolis as an object of policing governance, policy and politics -- 2 Understanding the European world of metropolitan policing -- 3 Contemporary metropolitan policing regimes in Europe -- 4 Future scenarios in the European world of metropolitan policing: 'policing dialectics' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index