Screen LibraryPolicing for peace in Northern Ireland Change, conflict and community confidence /
This is the first in-depth analysis of the transition from the RUC to the PSNI seen through the eyes of key figures, inside and outside the organization. It provides a fresh insight into the wider social and political context in which this change occurred and is a significant contribution to the sto...
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This is the first in-depth analysis of the transition from the RUC to the PSNI seen through the eyes of key figures, inside and outside the organization. It provides a fresh insight into the wider social and political context in which this change occurred and is a significant contribution to the story of the Northern Ireland peace process. Policing reform was central to the Irish peace process. We sought not just radical cultural change but fundamental reform of the policing organisation and identity. This book cuts through the political rhetoric and gets to the heart of policing change. Dr Murphy is honest about the achievements of the new Police Service of Northern Ireland as well as the significant challenges the service still faces to secure and sustain the confidence of all sections of our community. It is an essential read telling just how important 'a new beginning to policing' was to the creation of a new society. Mark Dukan, Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Derry, former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. While there have been snapshot ethnographies focused on 'the troubles,' historical works and journalistic investigative reports, no one has produced a detailed, scholarly analysis of the organizational transformation of the RUC to the PSNI. Joanne Murphy's Conflict, Change and Policing in Northern Ireland is an organizational analysis of the process of change, dramatised by revealing quotations from key stakeholders and politicians and relevant documents. She identifies the turning points and crises in the process. This book will be read by scholars in management, political science, and criminal justice and will be seen as the fundamental analysis of this painful, awkward, yet necessary reform. Peter Manning, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, northeastern University, USA 'For those of us who lived and worked through the transformation of the RUC into the PSNI this book can be an uncomfortable and challenging study. It confronts critical issues related to history, organisational culture, perception and leadership. If you're contemplating managing real change, it is a 'must read'.' Jim Gamble QPM was formally the Chief Executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (CEOP), Deputy Director General of the National Crime Squad and Head of the RUC's and PSNI's Special Branch in Belfast. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230291997, 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 240 p. |
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9780230291997 9781137319456 : 1137319453 : |
| CLC: | D771.235 |
| Contents: | Introduction PART I: CONTEXT, PROCESS AND TIME 1. The Conditions for Conflict and Change 2. Taking an Organisational Perspective PART II: CHANGE WITHIN: FOUR PHASES OF TRANSITION 3. Phase One: The Tipping Point 4. Phase Two: Implementation, Symbolic Modification and Resistance 5. Phase Three: Power Assisted Steering 6. Phase Four: A New Order? PART III: MANAGING CHANGE: NEW CHALLENGES, OLD PROBLEMS 7. Facilitating Change Under Environmental Pressure: Leadership, Resourcing, Pace and External Intervention 8. The Past Drives the Present into the Future: Continuity, Change and Policing in Northern Ireland. |