{"product_id":"the-ambivalent-state-police-criminal-collusion-at-the-urban-margins-9780190915544","title":"The Ambivalent State: Police-Criminal Collusion at the Urban Margins","description":"Over the last few decades, debates about policing in poor urban areas have turned from analyzing the state's neglect and abandonment into documenting its harsh interventions and punishing presence. Yet, we know very little about the covert world of state action that is hidden from public view.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Ambivalent State\u003c\/em\u003e, Javier Auyero and Katherine Sobering offer an unprecedented look into the clandestine relationships between police agents and drug dealers in Argentina. Drawing on a unique combination of ethnographic fieldwork and documentary evidence, including hundreds of pages of\u003cbr\u003ewiretapped phone conversations, they analyze the inner-workings of police-criminal collusion, its connections to drug markets, and how it promotes cynicism and powerlessness in daily life. They argue that an up-close examination of covert state action exposes the workings of an ambivalent state: one\u003cbr\u003ethat both enforces the rule of law and functions as a partner in criminal behavior. \u003cem\u003eThe Ambivalent State\u003c\/em\u003e develops a political sociology of violence that focuses not only on what takes place in police stations, courts, and poor neighborhoods, but also the clandestine actions and interactions of\u003cbr\u003epolice, judges, and politicians that structure daily life at the urban margins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Auyero, Katherine Sobering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190915544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJavier Auyero\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long in Latin American Sociology at the University of Texas-Austin where he directs the Urban Ethnography Lab. His main areas of research, writing and teaching are urban poverty, political ethnography, and collective violence. Auyero was the editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eQualitative Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e from 2005 to 2010. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Sobering\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. Her research examines inequality, politics and social change in the Americas. She is currently writing a book on organizational transformation and the construction of equality in worker-recuperated businesses in Argentina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929228591219,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_98d41554-1752-4968-8a68-ae18923feb91.jpg?v=1647612089","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-ambivalent-state-police-criminal-collusion-at-the-urban-margins-9780190915544","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}