From Empire to Iraq and the “War on Terror” The Transplantation and commoditization of the (Northern) Irish Policing Experience



Abstract

Charting the enduring export appeal of policing models from (Northern) Ireland, this topic sheds some light on the processes by which policing models are communicated and actively promoted to the global policing environment. It demonstrate how the transplantation of the Irish colonial model (ICM) represents an early example of the globalization of policing. The legacy of counterinsurgency expertise embedded within the ICM remains a historical constant and is a key factor in relation to the increasing commodification of the contemporary Northern Irish policing model, a model that successfully blends counterterrorism experience with a template for democratic policing reform. By juxtaposing these models, the authors provide a conceptual framework through which to assess the contemporary substance of policing transfer. The authors conclude by suggesting that the seductiveness of these policing models is largely attributable to lessons in counterinsurgency and notions of “Ireland as the solution” to a host of complex security scenarios.

Table of Content

Abstract2

Chapter 1: Introduction4

Background of the Study4

Purpose of the study6

Significance of the study6

Chapter 2: Literature Review8

The Transplantation of the ICM13

Ireland and the Specter of Disorder15

The ICM and the Empire19

The ICM and the End of Empire: Lessons in Counterinsurgency26

Policing the Conflict in Northern Ireland33

The Commodification of the NIPM35

Selling “Patten”: The Creation of a Global Brand36

Harnessing “the War on Terror”: The Creation of a Global Brand48

The Abuse of Violence67

Ireland policing Conflict81

Chapter 3: Methodology88

Research Design88

Literature Search88

Keywords89

Qualitative Research89

Chapter 4: Discussion and Analysis90

Chapter 5:Conclusions92

References96

Chapter 1: Introduction

Background of the Study

In recent years, a number of commentators have extended the literature on policy transfer, convergence, diffusion, and lesson drawing that originated within the discipline of political science (e.g., see Dolowitz & Marsh, 2000, for a conceptual overview) to examine what has termed “the global travel of crime policies” from within criminology and criminal justice .Here, commentators have been specifically concerned by guest on July 4, 2010 with the way that political institutions in one country increasingly look to foreign criminal justice systems in another—though principally the United States—for policy innovations (ideas, practices, strategies, administrative arrangements, and institutions) that they might gainfully import.

The potential negative effects of counterterrorism measures analyzing their implications in terms of radicalization and conflict. Section The concept of civil peace is used to indicate a condition apposite to civil war.However, civil peace is more than the absence of war. For the purpose of this deliverable civil peace is defined as a condition of enduring social, economic, and political stability, such that the thought of taking up arms against one's government (or against an enemy defined in some way or another) becomes inconceivable).

While civil peace relates to trends and change at the national and macro-political level, radicalization relates to changes in perceptions and behavior of individuals and groups. Radicalization is defined as a process of adopting an extremist belief system and the willingness to use, support, or facilitates violence and fear, as a method of effecting changes in society. Radicalization can take place within any extremist ...