European police co-operation : its development and impact between 1967-1997 in an Anglo/French trans-frontier setting
European police co-operation : its development and impact between 1967-1997 in an Anglo/French trans-frontier setting
The thesis sets out to provide an in-depth archival based case study looking at sub-national, trans-frontier law enforcement co-operation in the EU. It aims, in particular, by empirical processes, to ascertain if such a genuinely distinctive frontier region with unique transactions and cross-border relationships exists in Kent and the Nord/Pas-de-Calais (with occasional reference to Flanders and the Southern Netherlands).
The thesis also reveals the impact of UK Local/Central Government relationships on transfrontier police transactions (Chapter I). The possibility of applying both theoretical and operational models is widely examined (Chapter II). Subsequently, the approach is to investigate if the English Channel exhibits similar characteristics to a riverline international boundary as postulated by J.W. HOUSE in 1980 and based on a concept of a riverline boundary manifesting both unifying and some divisive qualities. This concept becomes a reality in the case study when the founding years of cross-border liaison (including the development of the Cross-Channel Intelligence Conference post 1968) and the more recent impact of an Anglo/French land frontier (Channel Tunnel) is examined. Additionally, a comprehensive view of those wider elements of European Police co-operation likely to effect the development of localised trans-frontier co-operation are explored (Chapter III). Kent Police was identified as a typical sub-central government agency and as an accomplished player in trans-frontier police co-operation (Chapters IV-VIII). The research was subsequently carried out in the light of the difficulty of reconciling counterpart (Anglo/French) law enforcement agencies on different sides of international borders who differ by virtue of their diverse structures, functions, policing strategies and operational tactics.
Despite such differences, there is ample proof to support the hypothesis that trans-frontier regional transactions, orchestrated by sub-central government agencies, can drive and advance international co-operation.
University of Southampton
1998
Gallagher, Derek Francis
(1998)
European police co-operation : its development and impact between 1967-1997 in an Anglo/French trans-frontier setting.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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The thesis sets out to provide an in-depth archival based case study looking at sub-national, trans-frontier law enforcement co-operation in the EU. It aims, in particular, by empirical processes, to ascertain if such a genuinely distinctive frontier region with unique transactions and cross-border relationships exists in Kent and the Nord/Pas-de-Calais (with occasional reference to Flanders and the Southern Netherlands).
The thesis also reveals the impact of UK Local/Central Government relationships on transfrontier police transactions (Chapter I). The possibility of applying both theoretical and operational models is widely examined (Chapter II). Subsequently, the approach is to investigate if the English Channel exhibits similar characteristics to a riverline international boundary as postulated by J.W. HOUSE in 1980 and based on a concept of a riverline boundary manifesting both unifying and some divisive qualities. This concept becomes a reality in the case study when the founding years of cross-border liaison (including the development of the Cross-Channel Intelligence Conference post 1968) and the more recent impact of an Anglo/French land frontier (Channel Tunnel) is examined. Additionally, a comprehensive view of those wider elements of European Police co-operation likely to effect the development of localised trans-frontier co-operation are explored (Chapter III). Kent Police was identified as a typical sub-central government agency and as an accomplished player in trans-frontier police co-operation (Chapters IV-VIII). The research was subsequently carried out in the light of the difficulty of reconciling counterpart (Anglo/French) law enforcement agencies on different sides of international borders who differ by virtue of their diverse structures, functions, policing strategies and operational tactics.
Despite such differences, there is ample proof to support the hypothesis that trans-frontier regional transactions, orchestrated by sub-central government agencies, can drive and advance international co-operation.
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Published date: 1998
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