Local initiative, central oversight, provincial perspective: governing police forces in nineteenth‐century Leeds
This article examines police administration as a branch of urban government, based on a case study of L eeds between 1815 and 1900. Making extensive use of local government and police records, it takes a longer‐term view of ‘reform’ than most existing studies, and privileges the more routine aspects...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Historical research. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 88(2015), 241, Seite 458-481 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2015
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Historical research |
| Schlagworte: | Historical analysis Local government Police administration |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines police administration as a branch of urban government, based on a case study of L eeds between 1815 and 1900. Making extensive use of local government and police records, it takes a longer‐term view of ‘reform’ than most existing studies, and privileges the more routine aspects of everyday governance. It thus provides an original exploration of central‐local government relations, as well as conflict and negotiation between distinct bodies of self‐government within the locality. Previous studies have rightly emphasized that urban police governance was primarily a local responsibility, yet this article also stresses the influence of central state oversight and an extra‐local, provincial perspective, both of which modified the grip of localism on nineteenth‐century government. |
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| ISSN: | 0950-3471 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1468-2281.12090 |