Policing Islam the British occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian struggle over control of the police, 1882-1914
Title:
Policing Islam the British occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian struggle over control of the police, 1882-1914
Author:
Tollefson, Harold, 1951-
ISBN:
9780313371271
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Publication Information:
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 200 p.) : ill.
Series:
Contributions in comparative colonial studies, no. 38
Contributions in comparative colonial studies ; no. 38.
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1. The British Occupation and Police Reforms, 1882-1884; 2. Partial Turkification, Decentralization, and Retrogression in the Egyptian Police, 1884-1889; 3. Indianization and the Egyptian Police and Ghaffirs, 1889-1892; 4. The British Takeover of the Ministry of the Interior and the Triumph of Liberal Imperialism, 1892-1896; 5. Brief Heyday and Decline of the Police Reorganization, 1896-1907; 6. Liberalization and Repression under Gorst, 1907-1911.
Abstract:
The role of the police force was central in the politics and social life of Egypt during the British occupation between 1882 and 1914. Egyptians initially resisted British encroachment into the sphere of autonomy that had been reserved to them in police matters. However, preferring indirect rule to overt manifestations of power that would be signified by the use of the army, the British used the issue of reform to tighten their hold on Egypt by means of the police. This study applies modern criminological theory to examine the attendant political repression, torture, corruption, and rising cri.
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