A Critical Theory of Police Power - by Mark Neocleous (Paperback)

The book "First published as The fabrication of social order: a critical theory of police power by Pluto Press, 2000" provides a comprehensive critique of the police power and its role in maintaining and reproducing social order.

The author argues that the police power is not just about maintaining order but also about fabricating it through law and ideology.

This book will provide readers with a deeper understanding of the relationship between the state, capital, and civil society, and how the state administers civil society through the use of discretionary violence.

The author's expanded concept of police power allows for a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which order is fabricated and maintained.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of social order and the role of the police in maintaining it.