Enforcing Order: An Ethnography of Urban Policing Didier Fassin is an English-language printed study book about urban policing services. This book offers a profound insight into the daily practice of urban policing, based on a 15-month ethnographic study in the Parisian suburbs.
Fassin examines how police action takes place in disadvantaged neighborhoods where ethnic minorities and immigrant families live. He describes the tension between maintaining public order and social discrimination, revealed during the unrest in 2005. The book analyzes invisible forms of violence and segregation, and looks at the impact of policy measures on communities. This makes it relevant for professionals and researchers in policing sciences, social anthropology, and social services.
This work is content-wise aligned with topics such as Police and security services, Social and cultural anthropology, and Human Services within the social sciences.