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- Title
The ‘Scottish’ Approach? The discursive construction of a national police force.
- Authors
Gorringe, Hugo; Rosie, Michael
- Abstract
In 2005, the location of the G8 summit meeting at Gleneagles, Scotland, brought the contested boundaries of the state and the nation to the fore. Confronted by the prospect of significant public disorder police forces in Scotland routinely flagged up a ‘Scottish approach to policing’. Drawing on research with key police officers and others we explore the processes through which national identities come to be articulated, contested and acted out in the context of one particular institution: the police. We consider the claim that policing of the summit was ‘Scottish’ and assess the implications of this assertion. Whilst the police have been argued to be integral to the constitution and expression of nation-statehood we highlight the dangers in an uncritical acceptance of police philosophies and also point to the banal ways in which national identity is naturalised.
- Subjects
AUCHTERARDER (Scotland); SCOTLAND; SCOTTISH national character; POLICE; SUMMIT meetings; HOTEL security measures; PUBLIC safety; SOCIAL order
- Publication
Sociological Review, 2010, Vol 58, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0038-0261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01875.x