Contribution to Book
Decolonizing Policing in the Gulf Cooperation Council
The Routledge International Handbook on Decolonizing Justice
(2023)
Abstract
This chapter explores the critical but under-examined relationship between the police and minority communities in the Arab nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The historical development of the police is deeply rooted in British colonial administration, neoliberalism, and rapid modernization. As such, these nations provide a unique perspective on policing systems and practices towards Indigenous peoples and foreign nationals recruited through the kafala system. This chapter draws on the nations within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to expound on the necessity of forward-looking approaches to decolonizing policing with a brief dialogue on policy implications.
Disciplines
Publication Date
June, 2023
Editor
Chris Cunneen, Antje Deckert, Amanda Porter, Juan Tauri, Robert Webb
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9781003176619
Publisher Statement
The Routledge International Handbook on Decolonizing Justice focuses on the growing worldwide movement aimed at decolonizing state policies and practices, and various disciplinary knowledges including criminology, social work and law. The collection of original chapters brings together cutting-edge, politically engaged work from a diverse group of writers who take as a starting point an analysis founded in a decolonizing, decolonial and/or Indigenous standpoint. Centering the perspectives of Black, First Nations and other racialized and minoritized peoples, the book makes an internationally significant contribution to the literature.
The chapters include analyses of specific decolonization policies and interventions instigated by communities to enhance jurisdictional self-determination; theoretical approaches to decolonization; the importance of research and research ethics as a key foundation of the decolonization process; crucial contemporary issues including deaths in custody, state crime, reparations, and transitional justice; and critical analysis of key institutions of control, including police, courts, corrections, child protection systems and other forms of carcerality.
The handbook is divided into five sections which reflect the breadth of the decolonizing literature:
• Why decolonization? From the personal to the global
• State terror and violence
• Abolishing the carceral
• Transforming and decolonizing justice
• Disrupting epistemic violence
This book offers a comprehensive and timely resource for activists, students, academics, and those with an interest in Indigenous studies, decolonial and post-colonial studies, criminal legal institutions and criminology. It provides critical commentary and analyses of the major issues for enhancing social justice internationally.
Citation Information
Nabil Ouassini and Arvind Verma. "Decolonizing Policing in the Gulf Cooperation Council" LondonThe Routledge International Handbook on Decolonizing Justice (2023) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nabil-ouassini/20/